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It Rocks but is Not Sunk

Charles Meryon, 1854

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

12 cm × 17 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 10 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 17 cm
Width: 12 cm
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Kind: Print
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: 17.2 × 15.9 cm (6 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 16 cm × 17 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

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

How big is it?: 12 cm × 17 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1854. 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: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection.
How was it made?: Etching on ivory laid paper, 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.