Puritan vs Genesta, America's Cup 1885
William G. Yorke, 1885
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 13% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyYorke, ship portraitist of the Atlantic trade, turns his exacting eye on the Cup match of 1885. A portraitist's match record: rigging you could re-rig from.
- Maker
- William G. Yorke
- Date
- 1885
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01938
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 13% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | 83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | 58 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 13% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | 41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 18 in | 38 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 13% 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 |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,000 x 696 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 32, lights 227 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 1.25
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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