Lucy and Goldsmith Maid race head to head on a Western trotting track, Currier & Ives matching two of the era's fastest mares stride for stride. Goldsmith Maid was among the most celebrated trotters America produced, and a print that set her against a rival sold the rivalry as much as the mare herself. the drivers' matching forward lean in their sulkies, both men reading the same finish. A record is only safe until the next mare tries.

Maker: Currier & Ives, hand-coloured lithograph
Date: c.1874
Medium of the original: Lithograph
Original held by: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Credit: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00099

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 x 19.6 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	952	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
14 x 11 in	692	Excellent	Trimmed 3.9%
16 x 12 in	630	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%
20 x 16 in	476	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
24 x 18 in	420	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%
30 x 24 in	317	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
40 x 30 in	252	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%
48 x 36 in	210	Excellent	Trimmed 0.7%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop