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Margaret Frances Langton Clarke

Lewis Carroll, 1864, printed c. 1866

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

12 cm × 15 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 11 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 15 cm
Width: 12 cm
Medium: Albumen print
Kind: Photograph
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: 14.8 × 12.1 cm (5 7/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit: Gift of Mrs. John W. Taylor, Mrs. Winthrop M. Robinson, Jr. and Mrs. Fred D. Sauter from the Estate of Frances Hooper

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

How big is it?: 12 cm × 15 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1864, printed c. 1866. 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 Mrs. John W. Taylor, Mrs. Winthrop M. Robinson, Jr. and Mrs. Fred D. Sauter from the Estate of Frances Hooper.
How was it made?: Albumen print, made in England, 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.