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"Drawing, Temple with Semua [present day as-Samu] in the Distance")
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Drawing, Temple with Semua [present day as-Samu] in the Distance
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 17, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray 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.
- Drawing, Classical Ruins, Syria
- oil paint and graphite on paperboard.
- Gift of Louis P. Church.
- 1917-4-1081
Its dimensions are
30.8 × 44.1 cm (12 1/8 × 17 3/8 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed: "grass". Bottom right: "Mottled with orange gray colored moss/ green weeds near bottom/ general color of stone brown gray/ Temple with Simûa in Background. Feby 17th/68/ (Eshtemoa)".
Cite this object as
Drawing, Temple with Semua [present day as-Samu] in the Distance; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray paper; 30.8 × 44.1 cm (12 1/8 × 17 3/8 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-459
