Two clippers at anchor in the golden hour, sails loosed to dry, the harbor around them gone perfectly quiet. A double ship portrait from the clipper boom's peak year — speed's greatest machines, painted motionless.

Maker: Fitz Henry Lane
Date: 1853
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (via Wikimedia Commons)
Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (via Wikimedia Commons) · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01961

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 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
12 x 8 in	331	Excellent	Trimmed 1.3%
18 x 12 in	221	Excellent	Trimmed 1.3%
24 x 16 in	165	Good	Trimmed 1.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 20 in	132 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
36 x 24 in	110 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
60 x 40 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged