Object Details
graphic artist
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome
Description
Given his father’s interest in North African subjects painted by artists like Mariano Fortuny, it is not surprising that the region inspired young Gerome Ferris’s 1877 etching Arab Snake Charmer. Fourteen-year-old Gerome learned to etch from his father. He later entered the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at the age of sixteen.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Date made
1877
ID Number
GA.14438.03
accession number
94830
catalog number
14438.03
Object Name
print
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
image: 11.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 4 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in
plate: 13 cm x 10.5 cm; 5 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in
sheet: 28 cm x 19 cm; 11 in x 7 1/2 in
place made
United States
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Communications
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
snake
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1001813