The gallop, dissected: twelve frames proving all four hooves leave the ground — the photograph that ended a century’s argument. A racing wager became the birth certificate of motion pictures; sport and science share this negative. Frame three — the “unsupported transit” the painters never dared paint. The eye believed; the shutter knew.

Maker: Eadweard Muybridge
Date: 1878
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00049

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	464	Excellent	Trimmed 7%
18 x 12 in	309	Excellent	Trimmed 7%
24 x 16 in	232	Excellent	Trimmed 7%
30 x 20 in	185	Good	Trimmed 7%
36 x 24 in	154	Good	Trimmed 7%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 21% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
60 x 40 in	92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 6,000 x 3,719 px, b-w
Tone: Darks 7, lights 229 of 255; 0.5% clipped light, 2.6% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 24.69