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Drawing, Temples at Baalbek from the Roman Quarry, Lebanon, Part One, May 12, 1868
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 12, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on green-gray 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
27.7 × 43.6 cm (10 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, center left: extensive orchard thin / grey / purp brown / 4 4 / 6 6 6 6 / brown hill / Thin; center: yel green / purp grey / 3 / Brown / rich green / ground thin / 5 2 / 4 4 / 6 6 / green / red brown / 2 2 / Thin tufts Tufts / 7 2 Sienna 2 / 2; center right: Brown with faint green streaks / fields [gold?] / green / yel 9 9 9 / 9 9 9 / 9; lower left: grey / mottled / grey / May 12th /68 / Baalbec / 2 - Tree yel willow tint / 3 - Cypress (or red cedar) brown green dark / 4 - Pomegranates yel green / 5 - clear bright blue green / 6 - light grey green / 7 - Bt sienna brown; lower center: grey gre yel-grey / brown; lower right: white / Two sheets / [star symbol]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Temples at Baalbek from the Roman Quarry, Lebanon, Part One, May 12, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on green-gray paper; 27.7 × 43.6 cm (10 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-518