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Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan

Joshua Johnson, c. 1805

Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan by Joshua Johnson
Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan by Joshua Johnson, 73 cm × 83 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

73 cm × 83 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 83 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
83 cm
Width
73 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
Baltimore
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
82.9 × 72.8 cm (32 5/8 × 28 5/8 in.)
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Timm R. Reynolds and Jill Burnside Zeno; Bulley and Andrews, Edna Graham, Love Galleries, Mary Swissler Oldberg, Ratcliffe Foundation, and Quinn E. Delaney funds; Walter Aitken, Dr. Julian Archie, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herst, Jay W. McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Puth, Stone Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection and Ruth Helgeson

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

How big is it?
73 cm × 83 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1805. 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: Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Timm R. Reynolds and Jill Burnside Zeno; Bulley and Andrews, Edna Graham, Love Galleries, Mary Swissler Oldberg, Ratcliffe Foundation, and Quinn E. Delaney funds; Walter Aitken, Dr. Julian Archie, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herst, Jay W. McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Puth, Stone Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection and Ruth Helgeson.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in Baltimore.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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