A merchant vessel in the family's exacting broadside manner, by the son who carried the shop to mid-century. François Roux inherited the pierhead trade and its standards intact; the French navy later had him paint its fleet history.

Maker: François-Geoffroi Roux
Date: 1856
Medium of the original: Watercolor
Original held by: The Mariners' Museum
Credit: The Mariners' Museum · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01987

As chosen: 10 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	171	Good	Trimmed 1.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
14 x 11 in	124 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	108 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
20 x 16 in	85 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
24 x 18 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
30 x 24 in	57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
40 x 30 in	43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop