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The Ocean-Going Tug May McWilliams

Name: The Ocean-Going Tug May McWilliams
Brand: The Regatta
SKU: PA-01992

Antonio Jacobsen, 1895

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 24% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A working ocean tug, portrayed with the same broadside dignity Jacobsen gave the crack liners. Tug owners were proud men with steady money; Jacobsen never ranked his sitters by tonnage.

Maker: Antonio Jacobsen
Date: 1895
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01992

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 withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
12 x 8 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
18 x 12 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
24 x 16 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
30 x 20 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
36 x 24 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
60 x 40 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged