The Clipper Ship 'Flying Cloud' at Sea Under Full Sail
N. Currier (after E. Brown Jr.), 1852
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 124 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyMcKay's Flying Cloud shown broadside under a full press of canvas, every sail drawing. She made New York to San Francisco in 89 days twice, a record under sail that stood for over a century.
- Maker
- N. Currier (after E. Brown Jr.)
- Date
- 1852
- Medium of the original
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Original held by
- Royal Museums Greenwich
- Credit
- Royal Museums Greenwich · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01894
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 124 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 62 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,280 x 997 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)
- Tone
- Darks 82, lights 226 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.89
- Notes
- Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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