Sailing at Twilight
Francis Augustus Silva, 1877
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 34% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buySmall sail on darkening water, the last warmth banked along the horizon like coals. Silva's twilights close the luminist day — the hour when the water keeps light the sky has already surrendered.
- Maker
- Francis Augustus Silva
- Date
- 1877
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Private collection (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Credit
- Private collection (via Wikimedia Commons) · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01974
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 | Wrong shape: a 34% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 33% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 34% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 34% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,729 x 1,445 px, srgb, c2
- Tone
- Darks 35, lights 167 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 10.26
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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