Mr E. J. Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh, Winner of the 1844 St Leger
John Frederick Herring Snr, oil on canvas, 1844
$270
Print check at 24 x 18 in: 250 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 8.5% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Groomed to a shine and lit plain, Foig-a-Ballagh stands for Herring in the year he won the 1844 St Leger, Mr Irwin's Irish colt still cool from the yard. His name means clear the way in Irish, and his blood carried on afterward through Irish and Continental stud books for generations; Herring paints the yard portrait every later owner would want copied. The light catches the shoulder the way an hour of strapping catches it, and no other way. A name can outrun the horse that carried it.
- Maker
- John Frederick Herring Snr, oil on canvas
- Date
- 1844
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00054
| 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 600 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.4% |
| 14 x 11 in | 428 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.1% |
| 16 x 12 in | 375 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.5% |
| 20 x 16 in | 300 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.4% |
| 24 x 18 in | 250 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.5% |
| 30 x 24 in | 200 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.4% |
| 40 x 30 in | 150 | Good | Trimmed 8.5% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | 125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 19% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 6,000 x 4,917 px, srgb, sRGB
- Tone
- Darks 18, lights 118 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 2.55
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