Portrait of Curator of the Alhambra
date: label: date made
content: 1881
name: label: original artist
content: Ferris, Stephen James
notes: label: Description
content: Stephen Ferris made this pencil sketch of a distinguished, pensive older man he called the “Curator of the Alhambra” during his two-month stay in Granada, Spain, in 1881. A watercolor in the NMAH Ferris Collection of an almost identical gentleman is identified as the “Keeper of the Tore de la Vela,” the watchtower of the fortified citadel in the Alhambra complex. While Ferris, a portrait artist, was exploring the wonders of the Alhambra, he was also busy sketching people he met.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place presumed made
content: Spain
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.16683
label: accession number
content: 119780
label: catalog number
content: GA*16683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 9.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 20.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 5/16 in