Buttersworth's 1885 match - the Burgess sloop ahead, the Watson cutter hunting her down. Sloop against cutter was a design argument; this canvas is its courtroom.

Maker: James E. Buttersworth
Date: 1885
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01936

As chosen: 16 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 12 in
Outside size	17.6 x 13.6 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
10 x 8 in	245	Excellent	Trimmed 0.9%
14 x 11 in	175	Good	Trimmed 2.6%
16 x 12 in	153	Good	Trimmed 7.1%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
20 x 16 in	122 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 18 in	102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 24 in	82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
40 x 30 in	61 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,460 x 1,985 px, srgb, c2
Tone: Darks 40, lights 208 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 35.25