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Drawing, Mount Lebanon, near Baalbek, Syria
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 6, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and gouache on grey-green laid 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
28.4 × 43.4 cm (11 3/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center: 2 / 2 / Grey masses / occasionally 3 / 4 3 7 7 3 / 5 / 6 / red / rich green with strong Indian red ploughed fields; in graphite, lower left: continued; in graphite, lower right: 2 - tint of mountain where bare - soft warm yel brown with blush of red / 3 - grey mingled with soft brown & rich bt sienna in hollows / 4 - dark rich brown melting into (5) rich red brown / 6 - light whitish & yellowish streaks of olive green and red lining and melting together soft warm green streaks / red patches - dotted / at (4) beautiful soft smoky effect lighter above & below / 7 - fine distant green with yel soil / The green of valley creeps up the low hills and the / red slopes push into the green meadow / snow soft tint / one hour from Baalbec (May 6th /68
Cite this object as
Drawing, Mount Lebanon, near Baalbek, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and gouache on grey-green laid paper; 28.4 × 43.4 cm (11 3/16 × 17 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-300
