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Drawing, Landscape with Figures and Donkeys, Syria

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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

12.3 × 20.9 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: R / W / red / W / warm / brown / brown; in graphite, center: snow / warm; in graphite, lower center: Bt. sienna orange; in graphite, verso upper left: Mirage; in graphite, verso center right: Mirage; in graphite, verso lower right: Mirage

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape with Figures and Donkeys, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 12.3 × 20.9 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-921

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