Shamrock I, setting top sail
Detroit Publishing Co., 1899
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe challenger's crew sending up her club topsail — sail-handling as spectacle, 1899. A working moment, not a portrait: the labor that the racing pictures usually hide.
- Maker
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date
- 1899
- Medium of the original
- Dry plate negative, commercial press photograph
- Original held by
- Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection
- Credit
- Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02011
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 | 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 816 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 53, lights 241 of 255; 0.4% clipped light, 0.7% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 26.49
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