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Monastery of San Simeon, West Bank at Assuan

Edwin Howland Blashfield

American Art

MEDIUM Graphite on paper mounted to paperboard
DATES October 16, 1887
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 9 5/16 x 14 1/16 in. (23.7 x 35.7 cm) Mat (drawing mounted on): 12 x 18 1/2 in. (30.5 x 47 cm)
SIGNATURE Signed in graphite lower right: "BY / E. H. BLASHFIELD '87"
INSCRIPTIONS In graphite, at bottom of sheet: "An [n overwritten by C] Chapel in the lower story of the Derr back of the Cataract / Oct 16. 1887. / walls white colored frieze of saints on three sides"; and various artist's color notations on architectural elements, including "red", "yellow", "white / purple" (on saint's robe), "ceiling / of [illegible]"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 48.217.9
CREDIT LINE Gift of John H. Field
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Drawing mounted to paperboard with 48.217.10 on other side.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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