Portrait of a Moor

Description:

The 1876 Centennial Exposition brought people and exhibits from around the world to Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. Stephen Ferris, a resident of the city, visited the site on August 7 and recorded in pencil the face of this man, whom he called Maure [Moor]. The man may have been one of the workers associated with an exhibit from Tunisia or Morocco. Ferris was very interested in North African subject matter at this time, due to his fondness for the works of Mariano Fortuny.

Date Made: 1876

Original Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: Portraits

Subject:

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.16664Catalog Number: GA*16664Accession Number: 119,780

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: paper (overall material)graphite (overall material)Measurements: image: 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 3 3/8 in x 3 3/8 insheet: 15 cm x 11 cm; 5 7/8 in x 4 5/16 incarrier: 28.5 cm x 22 cm; 11 1/4 in x 8 11/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-996e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1348697

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