The American ship Grandee passing Holyhead under full sail, in Yorke's polished late-pierhead manner. Yorke was the last great Liverpool pierhead painter, supplying captains of every nation into the twentieth century.

Maker: William Howard Yorke
Date: 1874
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Private collection
Credit: Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01988

As chosen: 12 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 8 in
Outside size	13.6 x 9.6 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
12 x 8 in	160	Good	Trimmed 0.1%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
18 x 12 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 16 in	80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 20 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
36 x 24 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
60 x 40 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,920 x 1,281 px, srgb, sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Tone: Darks 33, lights 229 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 19.65