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Drawing, Ten Sketches of Tombs and a Mountainside, Petra, Jordan

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 26, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white 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

17.8 × 24.9 cm (7 × 9 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center right: other side of back / leaf; lower center: Petra; verso upper left: copied / From E India / photographs

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ten Sketches of Tombs and a Mountainside, Petra, Jordan; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 17.8 × 24.9 cm (7 × 9 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-199

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