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Souvenir of Cairo

1887
19th century
290 x 210 mm (11.4 x 8.3 in.)

James J. Calahan, American, b. born 1841

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

Print impression quality: Good

Edition: Bound in Hitchcock’s “Representative Etchings…” (New York, 1887)

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “J.J. Calahan sc.”; inscribed in plate in other hand, lower left: “J.L. Gerome Del”; inscribed in plate in other hand, lower left: “Copyright, 1887 Frederick A. Stokes”

Bibliography: See biographical information in O’Brien and Mandel, The American Painter Etcher Movement [exhibition catalog] (Southampton, NY: Parrish Art Museum, 1984), pp. 19–20.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892); Print Reference Library transfer, 1987

Accession Number: 1987.5.2

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Cairo*, Egypt*, exoticism*, North Africa*, Orientalism*, travel photography

Cairo - TGN 7001215
Egypt - TGN 7016833
exoticism - Interest in or adoption of the exotic. W
North Africa - TGN 7016886
Orientalism - Characteristics of oriental art or culture appearing in Western practice. W
travel photography

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plate Dimensions: 290 x 210 mm (11.4 x 8.3 in.)

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James J. Calahan, American, b. born 1841 . Souvenir of Cairo, 1887. Etching on laid paper. plate : 290 x 210 mm (11.4 x 8.3 in.). Sheet : 444 x 312 mm (17.5 x 12.3 in.). DAC accession number 1987.5.2. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892); Print Reference Library transfer, 1987.

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