Artist:
Wilhelm Gentz
(German, 1822 - 1890)
Arab Girl
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Date: n.d.
Dimensions:
9 × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
Accession number: 82.16.127
Curatorial RemarksAppraiser suggests that it was an early illustration for Harper's Monthly.
VHOHara - an almost identical engraving by American wood engraver, Frank French (1850-1933), was published with the title, "A Negress" in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1886. The engraved image was based on a photograph by Jean-Theophile Geiser (1848-1923). See accession file.
VHOHara - an almost identical engraving by American wood engraver, Frank French (1850-1933), was published with the title, "A Negress" in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1886. The engraved image was based on a photograph by Jean-Theophile Geiser (1848-1923). See accession file.