Sakia at the Nilometer, Island of Elephantine
Edwin Howland Blashfield
American Art
MEDIUM
Graphite on paper mounted to gray paperboard
DATES
1887
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (29.8 x 25.6 cm)
Mat (drawing mounted to): 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47 x 30.5 cm)
SIGNATURE
Signed in graphite lower right: "BY / E. H. BLASHFIELD '87"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in graphite, lower right, partially obscured by figure: "SAKKIYEH / BUILT ON / THE / ANCIENT / QUAY / ON / ISLAND O[F] / ELEPHANTIN[E]"
ACCESSION NUMBER
48.217.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of John H. Field
MUSEUM LOCATION
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