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The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846

David Octavius Hill, 1846

37 cm × 28 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 28 cm
Width: 37 cm
Medium: Salted paper print
Kind: Photograph
Made in: Scotland
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/paper: 27.5 × 37.1 cm (10 7/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
Credit: Photography Gallery Fund

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

How big is it?: 37 cm × 28 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1846. 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: Photography Gallery Fund.
How was it made?: Salted paper print, made in Scotland, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.