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Drawing, Buildings and a Sailboat, Beirut, Lebanon, January 14, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 14, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

8.7 × 12.1 cm (3 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Beyrout; upper right: yellow blotch; verso upper left: Jany- 14th /68; upp right: Beyrout / Woman / all white / Excepting copper green (blue) / veil over face; verso center: red / Door Beyrout

Cite this object as

Drawing, Buildings and a Sailboat, Beirut, Lebanon, January 14, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 8.7 × 12.1 cm (3 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-896

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