Stairway of Persepolis, Persia
George Taylor Plowman, American, 1869 - 1932
about 1911-1932
Etching, drypoint, and Japanese tissue
Plate: 5 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (14.3 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 5/8 in. (28.6 × 42.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of E. Grosvenor Plowman, Class of 1920
PR.985.23.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower center margin: George T. Plowman; signed, in plate, lower right: GTP (in monogram); inscribed, in graphite, far lower left margin: Stairway of Persepolis, Persia; numbered, in graphite, upper left margin: 232B
Provenance
The artist; to his son, Edward Grosvenor Plowman (1899-1984), Portland, Maine; bequeathed to present collection, 1985.
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