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Drawing, Figure Sketches with a Fig Tree, Ottoman Empire (Israel)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February–April 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

20.7 × 12.2 cm (8 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: book in a stone crack; in graphite, upper center: velvet; in graphite, center left: Jewish boy / Pharesee; in graphite, center: fur / pink / black; in graphite, lower left: Fig

Cite this object as

Drawing, Figure Sketches with a Fig Tree, Ottoman Empire (Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on white wove paper; 20.7 × 12.2 cm (8 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-185

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