Object Details
- Description
- Deeply impressed by the art of Mariano Fortuny, Stephen Ferris etched reproductions of Fortuny’s paintings and a few of his prints. Ferris made this etching, Riff Pirate, after a painting dated 1871. These pirates preyed on shipping off the North African coast. The Philadelphia Museum of Art owns a related painting, which may be seen on its website.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- original artist
- Fortuny y Carbo, Mariano
- graphic artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Date made
- 1871
- Credit Line
- Ferris Collection
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 24.5 cm x 16.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in
- overall: 27.5 cm x 19 cm; 10 13/16 in x 7 1/2 in
- support: 37 cm x 31 cm; 14 9/16 in x 12 3/16 in
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