Elis in his loose box, the year he won the St Leger — Herring’s formula, repeated for decades because it was correct. Herring painted the winners of the great races year upon year; his portraits are the Victorian turf’s official memory. The straw and the stable door — the champion at rest is still the champion. Every champion has a staff.

Maker: John Frederick Herring Sr.
Date: 1836
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Worcester College, University of Oxford
Credit: Worcester College, University of Oxford
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00046

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 x 19.6 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	554	Excellent	Trimmed 7.6%
12 x 8 in	500	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
14 x 11 in	403	Excellent	Trimmed 5.9%
16 x 12 in	369	Excellent	Trimmed 1.4%
18 x 12 in	333	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
20 x 16 in	277	Excellent	Trimmed 7.6%
24 x 16 in	250	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
24 x 18 in	246	Excellent	Trimmed 1.4%
30 x 20 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
30 x 24 in	184	Good	Trimmed 7.6%
36 x 24 in	166	Good	Trimmed 9.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
40 x 30 in	147 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	123 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 6,000 x 4,435 px, srgb, sRGB
Tone: Darks 57, lights 226 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 1.89