Columbia and Shamrock

F. A. Walter, 1899

The RegattaPA-01945Tear sheet

$270

Type
Frame

Satin-laminated wood, 20 mm face, 22 mm deep, acrylic glazing.

Frame colour: Black

Every colour is the same price.

PrintingStandard Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm

Print check at 18 x 24 in: 232 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 7% to the shape of the print.

Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Subtotal$270

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A Brooklyn print shop's answer to Cup fever - Lipton's first Shamrock against Herreshoff's Columbia. Sir Thomas Lipton turned a grudge match back into a festival, and the printers followed.

Maker
F. A. Walter
Date
1899
Medium of the original
Chromolithograph
Original held by
Library of Congress
Credit
Library of Congress · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Public domain, verified
Catalogue number
PA-01945
As chosen: 18 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture18 x 24 in
Outside size19.6 x 25.6 in
Depth0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
MaterialEnhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made inCharlotte, 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
SizedpiGradeHow it fits
8 x 10 in557ExcellentTrimmed 0.8%
11 x 14 in398ExcellentTrimmed 2.6%
12 x 16 in348ExcellentTrimmed 7%
16 x 20 in278ExcellentTrimmed 0.8%
18 x 24 in232ExcellentTrimmed 7%
24 x 30 in185GoodTrimmed 0.8%
Sizes withheld
SizeWhy
8 x 12 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
12 x 18 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
16 x 24 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
20 x 30 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 36 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 40 in139 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in116 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
4,499 x 5,579 px, srgb, c2
Tone
Darks 73, lights 228 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
17.63
Notes
  • Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.

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