Artist:

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on grey-green laid paperboard

Dimensions:

27.2 × 44.5 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

Type:

landscapes

drawing

Object Name:

drawing

Made in:

Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

Place depicted:

Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

Date:

April 7, 1868

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Landscape and botanical sketch of an olive tree and nearby buildings on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. In the immediate foreground at left, the gnarled, knobby trunk and twisting boughs of an olive tree are shown in some detail. Down the slope of the Mount, in the middle distance at right, multiple buildings are shown in varying levels of detail.

Credit Line:

Gift of Louis P. Church

Accession Number:

1917-4-463

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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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/kq4f3e191a3-c776-4915-a7c7-63b444a7a0d2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1917-4-463