Tom Cannon, set down by Spy in his racing silks, the rider whose seat and whose sons both went on to shape a generation of English racing. Cannon rode through the middle decades of the Victorian turf and founded, in the process, one of its enduring riding families — a name that kept turning up in the weighing room long after this plate went to print. the restraint in Spy's line here, none of the exaggeration he gave lesser riders, a caricaturist's tell for genuine respect. A dynasty starts as one man doing the job well.

Maker: Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair
Date: 1885
Medium of the original: Chromolithograph
Original held by: Vanity Fair caricature
Credit: Vanity Fair caricature
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00125

As chosen: 8 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	8 x 12 in
Outside size	9.6 x 13.6 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 12 in	222	Excellent	Trimmed 1.9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
12 x 18 in	148 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
16 x 24 in	111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
20 x 30 in	89 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 36 in	74 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
40 x 60 in	44 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged