The steamer St. Lawrence in Bard's signature port-side profile, pennants named and streaming. A Bard portrait was a certificate of existence for a boat: name on the paddle box, name on the flag, again if room allowed.

Maker: James Bard
Date: 1850
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: National Gallery of Art
Credit: National Gallery of Art · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01984

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 x 17.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	301	Excellent	Trimmed 9.4%
18 x 12 in	201	Excellent	Trimmed 9.4%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 9.4%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
30 x 20 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
36 x 24 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
60 x 40 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

4,000 x 2,415 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)

Tone

Darks 91, lights 187 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

62.33

Notes

Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
Neutrals lean toward green: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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