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The Anchor

Arthur John Trevor Briscoe, 1930

23 cm × 28 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 6 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 28 cm
Width: 23 cm
Medium: etching contained within a book
Kind: Print
Made in: England, 20th 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: 27.9 x 20.2 cm (11 x 7 15/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 20 cm × 28 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt

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

How big is it?: 23 cm × 28 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1930. In the United States, works published in 1930 came into the public domain on 1 January 2026. It hangs in that year's Public Domain Day room.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt.
How was it made?: Etching contained within a book, made in England, 20th century, England, 20th 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.