Sakia at the Nilometer, Island of Elephantine
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848–1936). Sakia at the Nilometer, Island of Elephantine, 1887. Graphite on paper mounted to gray paperboard, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John H. Field, 48.217.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Sakia at the Nilometer, Island of Elephantine
Date
1887
Medium
Graphite on paper mounted to gray paperboard
Classification
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)
Signatures
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]"
Credit Line
Gift of John H. Field
Accession Number
48.217.3
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