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Drawing, Figure Sketches with a Donkey and Sailboat, Beirut, Lebanon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January–March 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on beige wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

12.4 × 21.1 cm (4 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 2 - red / yel belt / 3 - white / 4 - parti- / colored hand- / kerchief around / fez- / 4 2 / 2 / 3 / 2; center: stuffed / shirt / yel & brown / white collar / pink veil / blue; center right: Fat Turk / white dress; verso upper margin: 2 white Fishermen at Night; verso upper left: 2; center right: Beirut

Cite this object as

Drawing, Figure Sketches with a Donkey and Sailboat, Beirut, Lebanon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on beige wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.4 × 21.1 cm (4 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-919

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