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Drawing, Ruins and Figure Sketches, Syria

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April or May 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

20.7 × 12.4 cm (8 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso center: reddish brown; in graphite, verso center right: a little grass scattered; in graphite, verso lower right: Mud houses / Mud roofs / fuel drying on roof

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ruins and Figure Sketches, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 20.7 × 12.4 cm (8 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1454

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