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The Bathers

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1651, printed 1906

The Bathers by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
The Bathers by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 14 cm × 11 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

14 cm × 11 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 12 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 11 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
11 cm
Width
14 cm
Medium
Etching in black on cream wove paper
Kind
Print
Made in
United States
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Image/plate: 11.1 × 13.8 cm (4 3/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit
Gift of Walter S. Brewster

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
14 cm × 11 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1651, printed 1906. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Walter S. Brewster.
How was it made?
Etching in black on cream wove paper, made in United States.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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