Object Details
- original artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1881
- ID Number
- GA.16683
- accession number
- 119780
- catalog number
- GA*16683
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 9.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in
- sheet: 20.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 5/16 in
- place presumed made
- Spain
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1344396
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b507-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
