Rock-Cut Tomb at Desrel Melek

Edwin Howland Blashfield

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848–1936). Rock-Cut Tomb at Desrel Melek, 1887. Graphite on preprinted graph paper mounted to paperboard, Sheet: 3 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (9.2 x 12.9 cm) Mat (drawing mounted to): 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John H. Field, 48.217.17a. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Rock-Cut Tomb at Desrel Melek

Date

1887

Medium

Graphite on preprinted graph paper mounted to paperboard

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (9.2 x 12.9 cm) Mat (drawing mounted to): 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47 x 30.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed in graphite lower right: "E. H. / BLASHFIELD / '87"

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite lower left: "[o]pposite / + below Gughel [Gurgheh?] / in Gebel Gughel[?]"

Credit Line

Gift of John H. Field

Accession Number

48.217.17a

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