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Untitled (Case with portraits of a man and woman and hair ornaments)

Unknown artist, c. 1870s

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

3.5 cm × 3.0 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 49 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 3.0 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Medium: Photographs: photographs on enamel, framed in copper alloy metal frames; hair lockets: hair with pen and black and ink on cream-colored backing; case: leather with metal push-clasp and velvet-lined interior
Kind: Photograph
Made in: 19th century
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: Image: 3.5 x 3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 3.0 cm × 3.5 cm. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: John Cook Memorial Fund

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

How big is it?: 3.5 cm × 3.0 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1870s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: John Cook Memorial Fund.
How was it made?: Photographs: photographs on enamel, framed in copper alloy metal frames; hair lockets: hair with pen and black and ink on cream-colored backing; case: leather with metal push-clasp and velvet-lined interior, made in 19th century, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. 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.