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Artist:
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900  Search this
Medium:
Graphite on off-white paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 28.9 x 43.8 cm (11 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Place depicted:
Damascus, Syria
Date:
May 2, 1868
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Horizontal view containing a mountain slope at left, the tomb of a Muslim saint stands in the middle distance. Foot hills and the plain are at right. An irrigation pond is in the foreground. The city of Damascus is seen in the distance in 1917-4-123-b, across the plain. Rocks are outlined in the foreground and like a ring over the sketched plain, at right.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number:
1917-4-123-a
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f8779ee2-4972-4a0b-98ee-640ab88ec4f2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1917-4-123-a