Monastery of San Simeon, West Bank at Assuan
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848–1936). Monastery of San Simeon, West Bank at Assuan, October 16, 1887. Graphite on paper mounted to paperboard, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John H. Field, 48.217.9. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Monastery of San Simeon, West Bank at Assuan
Date
October 16, 1887
Medium
Graphite on paper mounted to paperboard
Classification
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)
Signatures
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]"
Credit Line
Gift of John H. Field
Accession Number
48.217.9
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