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Warwick Castle from the Avon

John Baverstock Knight, 1837

Warwick Castle from the Avon by John Baverstock Knight
Warwick Castle from the Avon by John Baverstock Knight, 20 cm × 12 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

20 cm × 12 cm

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

Against things you know the size of

This work 12 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
12 cm
Width
20 cm
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown and gray washes over graphite 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 William B. O'Neal

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

How big is it?
20 cm × 12 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1837. 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 William B. O'Neal.
How was it made?
Pen and brown ink with brown and gray washes over graphite 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.

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