Ulysses and the Sirens
Herbert James Draper (1863 to 1920), 1909
$82
Print check at 10 x 8 in: 207 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 2.6% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Warned that the Sirens’ song would lure his ship to the rocks, Ulysses had himself lashed to the mast and his crew’s ears stopped with wax, so he alone could hear it and live. Draper makes the temptation vivid: rather than distant rocks, three sirens climb aboard the ship itself — the first still a fish-tailed sea-creature, the next two transforming into beautiful women as they come — while the bound hero strains toward them and the deaf oarsmen row grimly on. It is the whole meaning of the myth in one image: desire made physical and inescapable, and the will holding just barely against it. Edwardian classicism at its most dramatic.
- Maker
- Herbert James Draper (1863 to 1920)
- Date
- 1909
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
- Credit
- Ferens Art Gallery, Hull · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00663
| Picture | 10 x 8 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 11.6 x 9.6 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 207 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.6% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 148 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 129 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 103 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 86 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,074 x 1,704 px, srgb, Apple RGB
- Tone
- Darks 5, lights 251 of 255; 0.6% clipped light, 0.6% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 2.93
- Notes
- Colour profile Apple RGB, converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
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