Dendera, Temple of Hathar, Stairway Leading to Roof

Edwin Howland Blashfield

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)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Dendera, Temple of Hathar, Stairway Leading to Roof

Date

1887

Medium

Graphite on medium cream smooth wove paper

Classification

Drawing

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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