Buttersworth's account of the December start - three schooners bound for open ocean, 3,000 miles of gale ahead. The painter of the age on the maddest race of the age.

Maker: James E. Buttersworth
Date: 1866
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-01925

As chosen: 12 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 8 in
Outside size	13.6 x 9.6 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	199	Good	Trimmed 7.6%
12 x 8 in	180	Good	Trimmed 9.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
14 x 11 in	145 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	99 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	88 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	44 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged