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The Mill-Dam

Hugh Owen, 1855

The Mill-Dam by Hugh Owen
The Mill-Dam by Hugh Owen, 23 cm × 17 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

23 cm × 17 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

This work 17 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
17 cm
Width
23 cm
Medium
salted paper print
Kind
Photograph
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 Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Ph.D

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

How big is it?
23 cm × 17 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1855. 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 Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Ph.D.
How was it made?
Salted paper print.
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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