Rain, Steam and Speed
J. M. W. Turner (1775 to 1851), 1844
$270
Print check at 24 x 18 in: 234 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 0.5% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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A train crosses Maidenhead bridge through driving rain, and Turner dissolves nearly everything else — bridge, river, valley, sky — into a storm of gold and grey, leaving only the black snout of the engine and the red glow of its firebox to hold their edges. He was sixty-nine, and he was painting the newest thing in the world. Look for the hare running ahead of the train on the track, racing the future and losing. Where The Fighting Temeraire mourns what steam replaced, this one stares straight into it: the machine arriving out of the weather, unstoppable and thrilling.
- Maker
- J. M. W. Turner (1775 to 1851)
- Date
- 1844
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- The National Gallery, London
- Credit
- The National Gallery, London · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00618
| Picture | 24 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 25.6 x 19.6 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 528 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.7% |
| 14 x 11 in | 384 | Excellent | Trimmed 5% |
| 16 x 12 in | 352 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.5% |
| 20 x 16 in | 264 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.7% |
| 24 x 18 in | 234 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.5% |
| 30 x 24 in | 176 | Good | Trimmed 6.7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 140 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 5,661 x 4,226 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 41, lights 210 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 28.16
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