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American Yachts, Plate XXVI: Signal Chart - Code Signals, Club Signals, Night Signals

Name: American Yachts, Plate XXVI: Signal Chart - Code Signals, Club Signals, Night Signals
Brand: The Regatta
SKU: PA-01933

Frederic S. Cozzens, 1884

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 14% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The grammar of the fleet: code flags, club signals and night lights, arrayed around the schooner Yolande. Before radio, this chart WAS the conversation between yachts.

Maker: Frederic S. Cozzens
Date: 1884
Medium of the original: Chromolithograph
Original held by: Royal Museums Greenwich
Credit: Royal Museums Greenwich · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01933

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
12 x 8 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
16 x 12 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	71 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 16 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
36 x 24 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged