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Drawing, Valley of El Arabah, Palestine (Israel)
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 21, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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
27.3 × 43.8 cm (10 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center right, L.457d; in brown ink, verso lower center, L.457e
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2; in graphite, center: 7 7 / 5 5 5 5 5 / 4 4 4 4 4 / 4 4 6 6 4 / 3 4 / 4; in graphite, lower left: Valley of El Arabah / Feb - 21st /68; in graphite, lower center: 2 - Mt. Hor / 3 - Dry sandy bed white / 4 - Gold sandy color / 5 - Golden Brown / 6 - Richer redder Brown / 7 - Plain - greyer and whiter / Mountains - lovely blue overshadowed by [struckout: neut] clouds and streaked with shadows / Cloud shadows on plain dark purple - snow thin on mountains - occasional / brilliant gleam / lights on mountains like opalescent fire
Cite this object as
Drawing, Valley of El Arabah, Palestine (Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 27.3 × 43.8 cm (10 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-583
