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The Skylark

Samuel Palmer, c. 1850

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

5.3 cm × 8.8 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 19 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 8.8 cm
Width: 5.3 cm
Medium: pen and ink over graphite with white heightening
Kind: Drawing
Made in: England, 19th century
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: Sheet: 8.8 x 6.8 cm (3 7/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 6.8 cm × 8.8 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection

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

How big is it?: 5.3 cm × 8.8 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1850. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection.
How was it made?: Pen and ink over graphite with white heightening, made in England, 19th century, England, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. 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.