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The Bridge in Middle Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1808

The Bridge in Middle Distance by Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner
The Bridge in Middle Distance by Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, 43 cm × 29 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

43 cm × 29 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 29 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
29 cm
Width
43 cm
Medium
etching, aquatint and mezzotint
Kind
Print
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard

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

How big is it?
43 cm × 29 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made published 1808. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard.
How was it made?
Etching, aquatint and mezzotint.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

This work is in the reference only. The gallery hangs a selection of the collection at real size.

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Hangs well beside

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