{"product_id":"1907-print-ernest-peixotto-great-mosque-tunisia-arches-islamic-architecture-art-145316-xgia5-021","title":"1907 Print Ernest Peixotto Great Mosque Tunisia Arches Islamic XGIA5","description":"This is an original 1907 halftone print of \"Before the Great Mosque, Tunis\" by Ernest C. Peixotto.\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe term \"Great Mosque\" generally refers to the Mosque of Uqba, also known as the Great Mosque of Kairouan, in Tunisia.  Given the discernible architectural features captured in Peixotto's image, it is unlikely that the mosque shown is truly the \"Great Mosque,\" but rather the mosque of Sidi-ben-Ziad, also in Tunisia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 104+ year old Item is rated Near Mint \/ Very Fine. No creases. No natural defects.No surface rub.No tears. No water damage. Please note that there is a plate impression bordering the image in this print. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProduct Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Original Halftone Print; Black \/ White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGrade:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Mint \/ Very Fine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Approximately 5.5 x 7.25 inches; 14 x 18 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAuthentication:\u003c\/b\u003e Serial-Numbered Certificate of Authenticity w\/ Full Provenance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProtection:\u003c\/b\u003e Packaged in a custom archival sleeve with an acid-free black board (great for display, gift-giving, and preservation)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis piece was illustrated by Peixotto, Ernest Clifford. Artist signature in print - bottom right of image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeixotto, Ernest Clifford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\nErnest Clifford Peixotto (1869 - 1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author.  He is most well known for his travel literature and murals.  Peixotto was a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eScribner's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.  He studied art at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art before traveling to France in 1888 where he studied at the Accadémie Julian under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.  Peixotto returned to the United States in 1894, joining the staff of \u003ci\u003eScribner's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e in New York, before returning to France for work relating to the magazine. During this period, Peixotto illustrated Theodore Roosevelt's \u003ci\u003eLife of Oliver Cromwell\u003c\/i\u003e.  During World War I, he became the director of the United States Army's art-training center, which subsequently merged with the École des Beaux-Arts in 1923.  Following the merger, Pleixotto remained as the chair of the school's American Committee while simultaneously serving as the director of New York's Beaux-Arts Institute of Design's mural department.  Peixotto was active in the arts community until the time of his death, serving as president of the National Society of Mural Painters (1929-35), president of the School Art League of New York (1936-40), as a member of the Art Commission of New York City (1935-40), and was the director of murals for the 1939 New York World's Fair.  Peixotto died in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeywords specific to this image: Religion, Tunics, Headscarfs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXGIA5C07 zz4854\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Period Paper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33583861777,"sku":"145316_XGIA5_021","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/8371\/products\/XGIA5_021_4c402472-20b1-4930-970e-02551f584eaf.jpg?v=1571710855","url":"https:\/\/www.periodpaper.com\/products\/1907-print-ernest-peixotto-great-mosque-tunisia-arches-islamic-architecture-art-145316-xgia5-021","provider":"Period Paper Historic Art LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}