Abu Seifein Church in Old Cairo
1887
Edwin Howland Blashfield
American, 1848-1936
American Art
- Maker/Artist
- Blashfield, Edwin Howland
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Graphite on paper mounted to paperboard
- Medium
- graphite, paper, mounted, paperboard
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in. (35.7 x 27.3 cm) Mat (drawing mounted to): 18 1/2 x 11 15/16 in. (47 x 30.3 cm)
- Inscribed
- Inscribed in graphite: lower left, "Abu Sephain / Sanctuary" and artist's notations on architectural elements, from top to bottom: "perfectly dark arch / paintings gold / angels in spandrels"; "white / [illegible]"; "[illegible]"; "tiles blue"; "apostles / blue / red [or gold?]"; "red fond[?] / + blue + red / apostles"; and "white marble"
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 48.217.5
- Credit Line
- Gift of John H. Field
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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