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Drawing, Canyon Cleft near El Khasné, Petra, Jordan

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 25-27, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown 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

27.6 × 43.9 cm (10 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d; in brown ink, verso center: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Where the rock / flakes out or is broken / it is rich sienna red / 2 - Broken red grey black / rocks have whitish moss on / exposed parts; center left: broken / cavernous / honeycombed / wavy; center: red / 2; center right: smoothed / black / olive; lower center: brown / oleander; lower right: grass / (Petra) Khasne

Cite this object as

Drawing, Canyon Cleft near El Khasné, Petra, Jordan; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; 27.6 × 43.9 cm (10 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-484

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