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Drawing, View across the Hills and Plain toward the Mountains, Valley of El Yemen
This is a drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray paper; verso: graphite. 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
12.2 x 20.7 cm (4 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, at various locations: snow / soft greenish sky mountains blue and gold gray / stony; and at bottom right: Plain streaked with reddish-brown green / in wadys rich green / streaked with shadows. Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at various locations: Distant / splendidly broken / gray / El Yemen / Feb (19 struck out) 20. [Continues on 1917-4-174 with right part of of this view]
Cite this object as
Drawing, View across the Hills and Plain toward the Mountains, Valley of El Yemen; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite, brush and white gouache on gray paper; verso: graphite; 12.2 x 20.7 cm (4 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-173