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Drawing, The Cave of Adullam

This is a Drawing. It was created by Irving Ramsay Wiles. It is dated 1889 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is brush and black and grey watercolor, with graphite, on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by E. Maurice Bloch. It is credited Gift of E. Maurice Bloch.

Its dimensions are

50.8 × 35.6 cm (20 × 14 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black watercolor (in composition), lower right: I. R. Wiles

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: 2 1/2; lower left: the [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Cave of Adullam; Irving Ramsay Wiles (American, 1861–1948); USA; brush and black and grey watercolor, with graphite, on cream paper; 50.8 × 35.6 cm (20 × 14 in.); Gift of E. Maurice Bloch; 1950-38-1

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