New York Clipper Ship 'Challenge'
N. Currier, 1852
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe extreme clipper Challenge, sharpest hull of her day, under a cloud of canvas. Built to beat every ship afloat, she is remembered for a brutal maiden passage - the print records the promise, not the voyage.
- Maker
- N. Currier
- Date
- 1852
- Medium of the original
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Original held by
- Library of Congress
- Credit
- Library of Congress
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01895
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 775 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)
- Tone
- Darks 106, lights 208 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 21.52
- Notes
- Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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