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Niagara Falls by Moonlight

Frederic Edwin Church, probably 1856

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

16 cm × 11 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: 11 cm
Width: 16 cm
Medium: graphite and white gouache
Kind: Drawing
Made in: America
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: 11.6 x 16.4 cm (4 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 16 cm × 12 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Robert Arthur Mann

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

How big is it?: 16 cm × 11 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made probably 1856. 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: Gift of Robert Arthur Mann.
How was it made?: Graphite and white gouache, made in America, America.
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.