Clipper Ship Herald of the Morning - Sailing Card
unattributed job printer, c. 1855
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 17% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe card of the Herald of the Morning, a 99-day ship on the California run. One of the few clippers to break 100 days more than once - a fact every card of hers found room to print.
- Maker
- unattributed job printer
- Date
- c. 1855
- Medium of the original
- Chromolithographed clipper ship sailing card
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01908
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 |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 65 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,052 x 1,591 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 54, lights 226 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 93.18
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