Spanish Gypsy's Home
date: label: Date made
content: 1881
name: label: graphic artist
content: Ferris, Stephen James
notes: label: Description
content: Stephen Ferris etched <i>Home of Mariano, Gypsy King</i> in Granada, Spain, during his 1881 visit to sites associated with Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish artist he deeply admired. In a letter from Granada to art editor Sylvester R. Koehler, Ferris told of his fascination with gypsy cave dwellings. He described them as “most picturesque and weird, overgrown with vines, cactus, and aloes . . . . I have made several drawings of <i>Gitanos</i> [gypsy] caves and of one especially a favorite model of Fortunys [sic] a <i>Gitano</i> prince in splendid costume. We bought his dress and I intend to paint and etch my picture when I get time.” Ferris etched the gypsy’s portrait in costume separately and included it, slightly altered, on the right in this print showing the family and animals assembled in front of their cave. Ferris noted in pencil on the print that it was etched directly from life.
label: Description
content: Gypsies or <i>gitanos</i> still live in caves in the <i>Sacromonte</i>(Holy Mountain) area of Granada. Today the number of cave dwellers has dwindled, but the area remains famous for flamenco singing and dancing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Spain
label: place made
content: Spain
topic: label: Subject
content: Information Technology
label: Subject
content: Gypsy
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14404.03
label: accession number
content: 94830
label: catalog number
content: 14404.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 18.5 cm x 24.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 9 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 19 cm x 25.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 10 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 24 cm x 33.4 cm; 9 7/16 in x 13 1/8 in