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Workman in Red Flannel Shirt and Suspenders

Unknown artist, c. 1855–60

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

6.0 cm × 7.0 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 24 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 7.0 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Medium: daguerreotype with hand-applied color
Kind: Photograph
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: Image: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 5.7 cm × 7.0 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Nina Rosenblum and Lisa Rosenblum

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

How big is it?: 6.0 cm × 7.0 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1855–60. 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 Nina Rosenblum and Lisa Rosenblum.
How was it made?: Daguerreotype with hand-applied color, 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.