View in the Alhambra, Spain

Description:

Stephen Ferris sketched and painted this pencil and watercolor view of buildings in the Alhambra complex of Granada, Spain, in 1881. This is not a finished view but a work in progress. The people rendered in pencil outline have not been colored, and there are many second thoughts like the tree at left, which has been enlarged. While in Granada, Ferris wrote a friend that he and his son were busy making sketches “much in memorandum for future use in pictures.” So captivated were they by the city that they spent more than half their Spanish visit there.

Date Made: 1881

Graphic Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Spain

Subject: Spain

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14545Catalog Number: 14545Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: paintingwatercolorObject Type: Watercolor

Physical Description: paper (overall material)watercolor (part material)graphite (part material)Measurements: sheet: 35.7 cm x 25.4 cm; 14 1/16 in x 10 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-a568-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002044

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