Currier & Ives sold the American century to Americans by the sheet, and this is their harbour at its most crowded — masts thick as a wood, ferries crossing, the bridge going up. This is the second state, which is how you date it: the Statue of Liberty stands in the bay, so the plate was reworked after she arrived. A city portrait revised to keep up with the city.

Maker: Currier & Ives
Date: c.1878
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Ruderman / Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Ruderman / Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00344

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
12 x 8 in	758	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
16 x 12 in	528	Excellent	Trimmed 7.2%
18 x 12 in	505	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
24 x 16 in	379	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
24 x 18 in	352	Excellent	Trimmed 7.2%
30 x 20 in	303	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
36 x 24 in	252	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
40 x 30 in	211	Excellent	Trimmed 7.2%
48 x 36 in	176	Good	Trimmed 7.2%
60 x 40 in	151	Good	Trimmed 4.3%