Torre del Oro, Seville

Description (Brief):

While traveling in southern Spain in the summer of 1881, Stephen Ferris drew Seville’s Torre del Oro or Golden Tower in ink. The two lower sections of the tower were built by the Moors in the thirteenth century and the top section added by the Spanish in the eighteenth. Ferris, who was interested in Moorish architecture, merely recorded the outline of the top section in dots.

Date Made: 1881

Graphic Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Spain: Andalusia, Seville

Subject: Spain

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14537Catalog Number: 14537Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: drawingObject Type: Pen and Ink

Physical Description: paper (sheet material)ink (image material)Measurements: overall: 18 cm x 12.9 cm; 7 3/32 in x 5 3/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-c293-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002035

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