Tomb Opposite Girga

Edwin Howland Blashfield

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848–1936). Tomb Opposite Girga, 1887. Graphite on preprinted graph paper mounted to paperboard, Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 9/16 in. (8.9 x 11.6 cm) Mat (drawing mounted to): 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John H. Field, 48.217.17d. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Tomb Opposite Girga

Date

1887

Medium

Graphite on preprinted graph paper mounted to paperboard

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 9/16 in. (8.9 x 11.6 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

In graphite: at lower left, "Gebel Gurgheh [?]"; and at lower right, "Tomb no name Gebel"

Credit Line

Gift of John H. Field

Accession Number

48.217.17d

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