Lord Rous's Racehorse Shrapnell, with his trainer and jockey
Benjamin Marshall, oil on canvas, c.1820
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyShrapnell stands at the centre of his own small hierarchy — trainer at the shoulder, jockey at the head, Lord Rous's ownership implicit in how carefully both men are placed. Rous was among the most powerful men on the turf of his day, and a portrait of one of his horses was also, quietly, a portrait of how the sport itself was run. the trainer's hand resting flat on the horse's back, the one gesture in the group that isn't posed for the painter. Power stands just out of frame.
- Maker
- Benjamin Marshall, oil on canvas
- Date
- c.1820
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00084
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | 52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 44 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | 36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | 24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | 22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 16 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 800 x 580 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 36, lights 147 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 4.72
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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