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Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1837–38

2.25 m × 1.75 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.3 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.75 m
Width: 2.25 m
Medium: Oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
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: 174.5 × 224.9 cm (68 3/4 × 88 1/2 in.)
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection

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

How big is it?: 2.25 m × 1.75 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1837–38. 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: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, 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.