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Drawing, Bronze Chandelier, Kaid Bey Mosque, Cairo

This is a Drawing. It was created by Alfred Normand. It is dated 1856–66 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, red, green watercolor on tracing paper mounted to heavy wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil.

Its dimensions are

47.8 x 30.8 cm (18 13/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Collector's stamp on verso: Roger Rodiere Collection

It is signed

Signed in black ink, lower right: A. Normand

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: Egypte + Okel /Luste en bronze provenant /de la Mosquee de Kaid-bey au Caire; upper right: Plan C &D; upper left: Plan A & B; cadre; in graphite, lower left: 1856 [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bronze Chandelier, Kaid Bey Mosque, Cairo; Alfred Normand (1822–1909); France; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, red, green watercolor on tracing paper mounted to heavy wove paper; 47.8 x 30.8 cm (18 13/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil; 1992-147-3

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