Clipper Ship Comet - Sailing Card
unattributed job printer, c. 1857
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 23% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe loading card of the Comet, one of the fastest hulls Webb ever drew. She beat the record steamer time to California in 1853 - a sailing ship, faster than coal.
- Maker
- unattributed job printer
- Date
- c. 1857
- Medium of the original
- Chromolithographed clipper ship sailing card
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01910
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 | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 78 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | 52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 631 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 78, lights 247 of 255; 0.2% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 63.72
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