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Drawing, Valley of El Yemen, Part Two, Palestine (Israel)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 20, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray wove 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 20.8 cm (4 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, uppe right: Should be higher; lower right: Rotten / 5; verso upper center: general color gold brown / flint colored strata dove like grey on slopes / Whitish faces on perpendicular rocks - debris; center: greenish yel / white; lower left: El Yemen / see preceding / pages

Cite this object as

Drawing, Valley of El Yemen, Part Two, Palestine (Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.2 x 20.8 cm (4 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-174

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