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Drawing, View of Damascus, Syria, Part 1

This is a drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 2, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 28.9 x 43.8 cm (11 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at lower left: View of Damascus / May 2d /68; again above: wely too large 2. Brown; again throughout: reddish / whitish/purplish & greenish/grey wely/meadow streaked/warm streaks/green .../greyer/rich/ golden/grey/rich sienna/grey cropping out/bank/water/nearer; and at lower right: a few o .... [This inscription carries on into 1917-4-123-b: (o) lives / scattered here. LHC 11-7-2006]

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Damascus, Syria, Part 1; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Syria; graphite on off-white paper; Sheet: 28.9 x 43.8 cm (11 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-123-a

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