{"product_id":"lonely-at-the-top-c-1830s-graphite-and-charcoal-drawing-of-obelisk-monument","title":"Lonely at the Top: c. 1830s Graphite and Charcoal Drawing of Obelisk Monument","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe momument portrayed here, I know from a little searching, is the Obelisk at Newtown Park in Dublin, erected in 1727 by Viscount Lord Allen as a monument\/mausoleum for his wife (she was ultimately buried elsewhere, and legend has it that Joshua Allen, the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2nd Viscount of Stillorgan, had his favourite horse buried beneath it instead!) In any event, this drawing fairly closely follows an engraving of it published by Fisher, Son \u0026amp; Co. London, in 1832, I believe this drawing dating to the same period. Quite finely executed on card, in what appears to me to be a combination of charcoal and graphite. Of course my first thought looking at it is of our most iconic American obelisk, the Washington Monument. And the mood here, of a gray, lonely, isolated phallic monument--one figure in silhouette near the top holding a cane, maybe a coupe of others below him--seems perfectly apt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 1\/2\" x 6 5\/8\" . Graphite and charcoal on card, with thin green silk ribbon border, C. 1830s I believe. Very good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48141079642366,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_2364_27b614b3-823e-468a-aa7e-0be4d0775652.jpg?v=1777590394","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/lonely-at-the-top-c-1830s-graphite-and-charcoal-drawing-of-obelisk-monument","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}