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Nether Hall

William Robert Baker, 1850

Nether Hall by William Robert Baker
Nether Hall by William Robert Baker, 30 cm × 26 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

30 cm × 26 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 6 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 26 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
26 cm
Width
30 cm
Medium
waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink
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
Patrons' Permanent Fund

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

How big is it?
30 cm × 26 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1850. 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: Patrons' Permanent Fund.
How was it made?
Waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink.
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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