Storm light breaks hard across a black horse's coat before the sky closes over him entirely. Ward painted horses the way his Romantic contemporaries painted ruins and cliffs — as subjects worth a mood, not just a measurement — pulling the animal portrait toward a drama Stubbs's generation had refused it. The sky is doing more work than the ground — the drama is entirely overhead, the horse merely standing in it. Weather can be a character, not just a backdrop.

Maker: James Ward, oil on canvas
Date: early 19th c.
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: National Gallery, London
Credit: National Gallery, London
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00061

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 x 17.6 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
10 x 8 in	324	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
12 x 8 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 7.6%
14 x 11 in	236	Excellent	Trimmed 8.2%
16 x 12 in	216	Excellent	Trimmed 3.8%
18 x 12 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 7.6%
20 x 16 in	162	Good	Trimmed 9.8%
24 x 16 in	150	Good	Trimmed 7.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
24 x 18 in	144 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	108 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	86 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged