Dendera, Temple of Hathar, Stairway Leading to Roof

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848–1936). Dendera, Temple of Hathar, Stairway Leading to Roof, 1887. Graphite on medium cream smooth wove paper, Sheet: 10 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. (27.5 x 26.2 cm) Mat (drawing mounted to): 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John H. Field, 48.217.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Dendera, Temple of Hathar, Stairway Leading to Roof
Date
1887
Medium
Graphite on medium cream smooth wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. (27.5 x 26.2 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 along bottom: "Denderah the / Stair Case By which the God was carried to the roof annually"
Credit Line
Gift of John H. Field
Accession Number
48.217.7
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