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{
    "localId": "34600",
    "label": "Turkish Pasha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2516"
}

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    "id": "34600",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2516",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Turkish Pasha",
    "description": "This ink drawing of a pasha (a high ranking official in the Ottoman Empire) slightly resembles an engraving. According to the label on the back, Miller gave it to Brantz Mayer who was a founding member of the Maryland Historical Society and served as its president.The label on the back reads: A pen and ink sketch by Alfred J Miller, presented to me by him 1863. Brantz Mayer.",
    "provenance": "Brantz Mayer, Baltimore, 1863 [1]. Acquired by Dorathea Smith, Batlimore; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1974.[1] note by Mayer on the reverse says the drawing was given to him in 1863 by the artist",
    "date": "1863",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2516",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "drawings (visual works)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_37.2516_Back_DD_KI13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_37.2516_Back_DD_KI13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_37.2516_Back_DD_KI13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14,
            "height": 12
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/2 x W: 4 3/4 in. (14 x 12 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Bottom left: A. J. Miller; [Inscription] In abbreviated Latin below signature: init et delt; [Translation] invented and drawn",
    "med": "ink on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4486"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_37.2516_BackCc_DD_KI13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "036f1fc94f5566ff"
}