A Mexican epiphyte with arching sprays of yellow-green flowers and a honey scent strong enough to fill a glasshouse. Bateman produced only 125 copies of the Orchidaceae, in the largest format ever used for a botanical book — the plates are so big that the standard joke among librarians is that you need a colleague and a strategy. He was 26 when he started it. The largest book of flowers ever made was begun by a man in his twenties.

Maker: after Augusta Withers and Sarah Drake, for James Bateman
Date: 1837–1843
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01035

As chosen: 16 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 24 in
Outside size	17.6 x 25.6 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
8 x 12 in	450	Excellent	Trimmed 0.2%
12 x 18 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 0.2%
16 x 24 in	225	Excellent	Trimmed 0.2%
20 x 30 in	180	Good	Trimmed 0.2%
24 x 36 in	150	Good	Trimmed 0.2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
40 x 60 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

3,607 x 5,400 px, srgb

Tone

Darks 128, lights 242 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

7.31

Notes

Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
A plain margin is part of the file (7% of an edge): it prints as part of the picture

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