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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Desert Caravan, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is pen and ink with graphite on tan 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

13.9 × 17.8 cm (5 1/2 in. × 7 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, center right, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

Cite this object as

Drawing, Desert Caravan, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; pen and ink with graphite on tan wove paper; 13.9 × 17.8 cm (5 1/2 in. × 7 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-480

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