The card of the Ocean Telegraph, named for the newest wonder of the age. Ships were christened for the technology that would retire them - the cable named here made the clipper obsolete.

Maker: unattributed job printer
Date: c. 1860
Medium of the original: Chromolithographed clipper ship sailing card
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01919

As chosen: 8 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	8 x 12 in
Outside size	9.6 x 13.6 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
8 x 12 in	181	Good	Edge to edge

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 18 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
16 x 24 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 30 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 36 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
40 x 60 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,448 x 2,172 px, srgb, GIMP built-in sRGB
Tone: Darks 32, lights 214 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 13.6