The British release poster for The Manxman (1929), produced by British International Pictures at Elstree — Alfred Hitchcock's final wholly silent film. Hitchcock finished this and went straight into Blackmail, which became Britain's first talkie. The Manxman sits exactly on the hinge; within months the entire grammar this poster advertises was obsolete. The layout still assumes a silent audience — faces and situation, no reference anywhere to sound, which every poster a year later would shout about. The end of one language, advertised as though it would last.

Maker: Unknown
Date: 1929
Medium of the original: One-sheet poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00829

As chosen: 8 x 10 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	8 x 10 in
Outside size	9.6 x 11.6 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 10 in	153	Good	Trimmed 4.1%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
11 x 14 in	111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
16 x 20 in	76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 24 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 30 in	51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 40 in	40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

1,228 x 1,600 px, srgb

Tone

Darks 0, lights 255 of 255; 14.2% clipped light, 10.6% clipped dark

Colour

9.6% vivid

Sharpness

47.24

Notes

Pure white on 14% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
Shadows clip on 11% of the image: the darkest areas print as solid black
Vivid colour: canvas or luster paper shows it best
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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