Evangeline
Evangeline
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- Description (Brief)
- Gerome Ferris signed and dated the pen and ink drawing of Evangeline, heroine of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem of that name, for reproduction as a photo-engraving for an auction catalog. There is a penciled note below the image about Evangeline’s spindle to New York publisher Charles Klackner. The touches of white were meant to heighten the black and white contrast for reproduction.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- date made
- 1887
- original artist
- Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 34 cm x 25 cm; 13 3/8 in x 9 13/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.16623
- catalog number
- 16623
- accession number
- 119780
- Credit Line
- Mrs. J. L. Gerome Ferris
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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