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Colinet's Journey: Milestone Marked LXII Miles to London, from The Pastorals of Virgil

William Blake, 1821

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

7.4 cm × 3.7 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 23 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 3.7 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Medium: Wood engraving on off-white wove paper
Kind: Print
Made in: England
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/block: 3.7 × 7.4 cm (1 1/2 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

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

How big is it?: 7.4 cm × 3.7 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1821. 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: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment.
How was it made?: Wood engraving on off-white wove paper, made in England.
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.