In strict profile, Actaeon offers every line of his body to be read against a plain ground. Herring's profile studies were made to be read like a specification — buyers and breeders wanted the shape of a horse recorded as plainly as its pedigree, and this is that record in paint. One unbroken line runs poll to tail — profile format leaves nowhere for a fault to hide. A silhouette can be a signature.

Maker: John Frederick Herring Sr., oil on canvas
Date: c.1826
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Credit: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00063

As chosen: 20 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	20 x 16 in
Outside size	21.6 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
10 x 8 in	360	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
14 x 11 in	257	Excellent	Trimmed 6%
20 x 16 in	180	Good	Trimmed 4.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
30 x 24 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop