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Two Plant Specimens

William Henry Fox Talbot, 1839

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

18 cm × 22 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 8 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 22 cm
Width: 18 cm
Medium: Photogenic drawing
Kind: Photograph
Made in: England
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: 22.1 × 18 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit: Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson

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

How big is it?: 18 cm × 22 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1839. 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: Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson.
How was it made?: Photogenic drawing, made in England, 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.