Nile Journey, Manfalout, Through Spyglass

1890

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

The image shows a small tower in a sketched landscape with sparse trees. The tower has two tiers with arched openings and a pointed finial. The trees have slender trunks and leafless branches. The sky is light in color. The terrain seems to slope gently. The artwork uses soft brushstrokes and muted tones of gray, blue, and brown on beige paper. The composition is asymmetrical, with the focus on the tower and its surroundings.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Giuseppe Tanca, Rome); Richard Spear and Athena Tacha, Washington, DC, 1966; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: E. Vedder. 1890 / in black chalk: Manfaloot [sic] / in graphite: Through Spyglass / in black chalk: 6 minutes

Wikidata ID

Q64558550

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