Sash, cutlass, and a coast behind him — Howard Pyle’s picturesque fellow, the pirate as the age wanted to imagine him. Pyle taught Wyeth and half of American illustration; here is the master himself.

Maker: Howard Pyle (1853 to 1911)
Date: 1921
Medium of the original: Book illustration
Credit: via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-02447

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	183	Good	Trimmed 2.2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
12 x 18 in	122 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
16 x 24 in	91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
20 x 30 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
24 x 36 in	61 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
40 x 60 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,468 x 2,252 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 12, lights 226 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0.2% vivid
Sharpness: 6.79