May, and the plate is heaped: peonies, iris, columbine, and the lily of the valley that is the month's flower — a stem of white bells under a broad green leaf, carrying a scent out of all proportion to its size. Georgian buyers chose their subscription month by their birthday. They have been doing it ever since.

Maker: Henry Fletcher, after Pieter Casteels III, pub. Robert Furber
Date: 1730
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01009

As chosen: 18 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	18 x 24 in
Outside size	19.6 x 25.6 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
8 x 10 in	522	Excellent	Trimmed 3.2%
11 x 14 in	380	Excellent	Trimmed 1.5%
12 x 16 in	337	Excellent	Trimmed 3.1%
16 x 20 in	261	Excellent	Trimmed 3.2%
18 x 24 in	225	Excellent	Trimmed 3.1%
24 x 30 in	174	Good	Trimmed 3.2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
30 x 40 in	135 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	112 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop