Clipper Ship Witch of the Wave
N. Currier, c. 1852
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.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Portsmouth-built tea clipper that ran Whampoa to Dungeness in 90 days. Her record tea passage made an American hull famous in a trade the British thought their own.
- Maker
- N. Currier
- Date
- c. 1852
- Medium of the original
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01902
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 114 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | 89 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | 76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | 22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,379 x 987 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 21, lights 173 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 9.52
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