The run in to the post — the print-shop window’s pride from the Fores firm’s great racing series, restored to museum grade. The Fores firm made the sporting print an institution; the series is the genre’s high water. The turf thrown by the leaders — printed clods, a shilling extra of drama. The nineteenth century’s action film, one frame long.

Maker: engraved by John Harris Jr., published by Fores
Date: 1866
Medium of the original: Engraving
Original held by: Yale Center for British Art
Credit: Yale Center for British Art
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00047

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 x 17.6 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	453	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
18 x 12 in	302	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
24 x 16 in	226	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
30 x 20 in	181	Good	Trimmed 5.6%
36 x 24 in	151	Good	Trimmed 5.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
60 x 40 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged