Cursed to see the world only in a mirror, the Lady of Shalott dared to look directly at Sir Lancelot — and, knowing it doomed her, loosed her boat and drifted down the river toward Camelot, singing, to die. Waterhouse catches the last moment: the tapestry of her lost life trailing in the water, three candles (two already guttered), her lips parted on the final note. It is Pre-Raphaelite painting at its most bewitching — Tennyson’s poem made flesh — and a natural companion to any lover of myth and legend.

Maker: John William Waterhouse (1849 to 1917)
Date: 1888
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Tate Britain, London
Credit: Tate Britain, London · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00598

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	401	Excellent	Trimmed 4.1%
14 x 11 in	291	Excellent	Trimmed 2.3%
16 x 12 in	261	Excellent	Trimmed 2.3%
20 x 16 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 4.1%
24 x 18 in	174	Good	Trimmed 2.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 24 in	133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
40 x 30 in	104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop