Object Timeline

1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Ancient Tombs at Petra and Well at Be'er Sheva

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 26 and March 3, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

17.6 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: green; in graphite, center right: Petra / Ancient Tombs / cut out of rock; in graphite, lower center: gravel / Well at Beersheba / March 3d /68; in graphite, lower right: Troughs

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ancient Tombs at Petra and Well at Be'er Sheva; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white laid paper; 17.6 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-427

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18198233/ |title=Drawing, Ancient Tombs at Petra and Well at Be'er Sheva |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=23 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>