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Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre à Montmartre

Nadar, September 23, 1870

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

7.8 cm × 10 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 17 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 10 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Medium: Gelatin silver printing out print
Kind: Photograph
Made in: France
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: 10.1 × 7.4 cm (4 × 2 15/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 7.4 cm × 10 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy

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

How big is it?: 7.8 cm × 10 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made September 23, 1870. 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: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy.
How was it made?: Gelatin silver printing out print, made in France, 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.