Cactus at the Alhambra
date: label: date made
content: 1881
name: label: graphic artist
content: Ferris, Stephen James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The signed watercolor of a cactus was made during Stephen Ferris’s visit to southern Spain in 1881 with his son, Gerome. Ferris drew another extravagant growth of cactus on a gypsy cave dwelling in the Granada area. See GA*14541.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Verso: There is a rough sketch of two reddish towers under an expansive sky on the verso. Although not identified, the quickly painted rectangular towers were probably part of the Alhambra complex in Granada where the cactus on the recto was painted..
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Spain
topic: label: Subject
content: cactus
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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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.14550
label: catalog number
content: 14550
label: accession number
content: 94830
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: watercolor
label: Object Type
content: Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (sheet material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (image material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 23.5 cm x 17.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in