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Husband and Wife

Unknown artist, c. 1860–65

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

2.3 cm × 12 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 14 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 12 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Medium: Two ambrotypes with hand-tinting
Kind: Photograph
Made in: America
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: Overall: 2.3 x 11.8 cm (7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 12 cm × 2.3 cm. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Hershey Family Art Purchase Fund

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

How big is it?: 2.3 cm × 12 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1860–65. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Hershey Family Art Purchase Fund.
How was it made?: Two ambrotypes with hand-tinting, made in America, America.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. 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.