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Drawing, Architectural Sketches of El Khasné, Petra, Jordan

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 24-27, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green 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

26.2 × 38.5 cm (10 5/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c; verso center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: 3 / inside; upper center: color rich [struck out: light] luminous salmon perhaps deeper & redder / Darker / reflection; upper right: 2 grey blue water / dark red; center left: base of / columns / 2d story / red / yellow / sandy heal [?] / blackish; center: black darker purple red / 3 / 4 black rich / light / grey / 5 / red; center right: brown / red / olive black / light; lower left: all colors / stony / stream / grey rocks / oleanders; lower center: 5 / lower part / of column / blue grey / grey sides; lower right: broken column / orange / Khasne

Cite this object as

Drawing, Architectural Sketches of El Khasné, Petra, Jordan; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; 26.2 × 38.5 cm (10 5/16 × 15 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-486

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