Riff Pirate
date: label: Date made
content: 1871
name: label: original artist
content: Fortuny y Carbo, Mariano
label: graphic artist
content: Ferris, Stephen James
notes: label: Description
content: Deeply impressed by the art of Mariano Fortuny, Stephen Ferris etched reproductions of Fortuny’s paintings and a few of his prints. Ferris made this etching,<i> Riff Pirate</i>, after a painting dated 1871. These pirates preyed on shipping off the North African coast. The Philadelphia Museum of Art owns a related painting, which may be seen on its website.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
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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: Ferris Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14379.01
label: accession number
content: 94830
label: catalog number
content: 14379.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 24.5 cm x 16.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.5 cm x 19 cm; 10 13/16 in x 7 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: support: 37 cm x 31 cm; 14 9/16 in x 12 3/16 in