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The Duke, Pilot Schooner No. 3

Name: The Duke, Pilot Schooner No. 3
Brand: The Regatta
SKU: PA-01985

Samuel Walters, 1853

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 11% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Liverpool pilot schooner No. 3 on her station, painted by the port's leading ship portraitist. Walters worked the Mersey as Jacobsen would later work New York: the harbor's likeness-maker in all but title.

Maker: Samuel Walters
Date: 1853
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Merseyside Maritime Museum
Credit: Merseyside Maritime Museum · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01985

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 8 in	83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	59 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	55 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 24 in	27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	16 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged