Napoleon before the Sphinx

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Object Details

Artist

Henry Wolf, born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916

Copy after

Jean Léon Gérôme, French, born Vesoul, France 1824-died Paris, France 1904

Publisher

Century Magazine

Sitter

Napoleon Bonaparte

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1888

Object number

1973.130.33

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Graphic Arts-Print

Medium

wood engraving on paper

Dimensions

image: 5 x 8 1/4 in. (12.7 x 21.1 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape\Egypt

Portrait male

Equestrian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d8009403-5e53-49d9-8337-4694795f57f7

Record ID

saam_1973.130.33