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Maryland Heights: Siege of Harpers Ferry

William MacLeod, 1863

Maryland Heights: Siege of Harpers Ferry by William MacLeod
Maryland Heights: Siege of Harpers Ferry by William MacLeod, 1.12 m × 76 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

1.12 m × 76 cm

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 76 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
76 cm
Width
1.12 m
Medium
oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Genevieve Plummer, 1954)

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

How big is it?
1.12 m × 76 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1863. 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: Corcoran Collection (Gift of Genevieve Plummer, 1954).
How was it made?
Oil on canvas.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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