Mayflower crossing Galatea's bow on the inside course, the spectator fleet dressed and cheering. Burgess's second defender in two years - Boston design was now a dynasty.

Maker: Currier & Ives
Date: 1886
Medium of the original: Hand-colored lithograph
Original held by: Library of Congress
Credit: Library of Congress · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01939

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	942	Excellent	Trimmed 3.5%
14 x 11 in	685	Excellent	Trimmed 1.7%
16 x 12 in	610	Excellent	Trimmed 2.9%
20 x 16 in	471	Excellent	Trimmed 3.5%
24 x 18 in	407	Excellent	Trimmed 2.9%
30 x 24 in	314	Excellent	Trimmed 3.5%
40 x 30 in	244	Excellent	Trimmed 2.9%
48 x 36 in	203	Excellent	Trimmed 2.9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop