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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Abels Tomb on Mountain above Suq Wadi Barada, Syria

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 4, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite 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

21.7 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: blue thorns; in graphite, center: Dark / 2 / 3 / white / white; in graphite, lower left: snow / snow / dark; in graphite, lower right: 2 - Dark green flag red spot / soft orange / " purple / " greenish with lake & white / marks / 3 - wat & Dark cloth / Abels Tomb - on a mountain above / Suk Wady Barada (Abila) / May 4th /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Abels Tomb on Mountain above Suq Wadi Barada, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; 21.7 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-598

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