Drawing, Urn Tomb, Silk Tomb, and Corinthian Tomb, 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, brush and white gouache on gray-green 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

30.8 × 44.4 cm (12 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: 2 should be 4 pillars / 3 wavy rocks / 4 olive green dark / 5 red rocks / 6 - yellowish / 7 Brown olive yel; upper center: light; upper right: 4 / very mixed / red 4 / 6 / 7 / 3; center left: 6 / 2 5 / olive light / brown / lake / blue grey / bushes / purp; center: red / purple blue / redder; center right : red / confused / heap of / cut stone / grey / beautifully / [---]; lower left: [f]rom [?] Nash [?] Chez [?]; lower right: Tomb with arched Terrace / In Petra / Feb 26th /68; verso center left: red

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