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Drawing, View of Damascus, Syria, Part One, May 2, 1868
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 gray-green wove 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
28.8 × 44 cm (11 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Reddish; center left: whitish / purplish & greenish / grey wady; center: meadows steaked / 2 2 2 2 2 2 / whitish / whitish / greyer; center right: warm streaks / green [---]; lower left: Wady too large 2 - Brown / View of Damascus / May 2d /68; lower center: greyer / rich / golden / grey / rich sienna / grey cropping out / water / bank / water; lower right: a few o[lives] / water / green / white / bank / green nearer
Cite this object as
Drawing, View of Damascus, Syria, Part One, May 2, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Syria; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 28.8 × 44 cm (11 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-123-a
