Object Details
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- original artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- date made
- 1876
- 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 in
- sheet: 15 cm x 11 cm; 5 7/8 in x 4 5/16 in
- carrier: 28.5 cm x 22 cm; 11 1/4 in x 8 11/16 in
- Object Name
- drawing
