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The Giralda Tower

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1907

GUSN

GUSN-198281

Description

A watercolor painting with a cream colored brick wall at front with potted flowers on top and an ornate tower in the background. Simple, narrow wood frame painted gold.

Details

Descriptive Terms

watercolors (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Painting

Inscription

"F. Candela / Seville" (Artist's signature.)
"The Giralda Tower / Seville Spain / Anna P. Phillips / from Kate Dodge / June, 1907. / The Giralda / Anna P. Phillips / June 1907" (Handwritten note on backing paper formerly attached to reverse of painting.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P136
FA124

Maker

Candela, F. (Painter)

Location of Origin

Seville, Spain

Dimensions

18 9/16 x 13 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.559

Places

Seville (Seville, Andalusia, Spain)

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