
The Britannia Entering Boston Harbor
Fitz Henry Lane, ca. 1848
$82
Print check at 10 x 8 in: 150 dpi, good. Trimmed 5.9% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Cunard paddle steamer Britannia stands into Boston under steam and sail, the harbor's small craft in attendance. Steam entering a sailing man's harbor — Lane records the changeover without editorial, only light.
- Maker
- Fitz Henry Lane
- Date
- ca. 1848
- 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-01975
| Picture | 10 x 8 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 11.6 x 9.6 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 | 150 | Good | Trimmed 5.9% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,600 x 1,205 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 52, lights 225 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 14.48
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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