Defender and Valkyrie III

Unknown, 1895

The RegattaPA-01944Tear sheet

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The bitter match of 1895 - Herreshoff's Defender against Dunraven's Valkyrie III, remembered for the protest more than the racing. Dunraven's accusations nearly killed the Cup; Lipton's charm would be needed to revive it.

Maker
Unknown
Date
1895
Medium of the original
Print
Original held by
Library of Congress
Credit
Library of Congress · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Public domain, verified
Catalogue number
PA-01944

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.

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SizeWhy
10 x 8 in102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
14 x 11 in73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
20 x 16 in51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 18 in42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 24 in34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
40 x 30 in25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
1,024 x 822 px, b-w
Tone
Darks 8, lights 234 of 255; 0.3% clipped light, 0.8% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
35.97

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