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Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

Francis Danby, c. 1813

Panorama of the Coast at Sunset by Francis Danby
Panorama of the Coast at Sunset by Francis Danby, 34 cm × 14 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

34 cm × 14 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 14 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
14 cm
Width
34 cm
Medium
brown wash with white heightening on wove paper
Kind
Drawing
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Gift of Diane Allen Nixon

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

How big is it?
34 cm × 14 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1813. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Gift of Diane Allen Nixon.
How was it made?
Brown wash with white heightening on wove paper.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

This work is in the reference only. The gallery hangs a selection of the collection at real size.

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