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Drawing, Architectural Study, Beirut, Lebanon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: shadow of / boat on the / bottom; in graphite, verso upper center: light; in graphite, verso upper right: Rainbow over the / Mediterranean Sea; in graphite, verso lower left: red / w / 3 2 3 / 4; in graphite, lower center: 2 Dark blue / 3 - purple / 4 - blue; in graphite, lower right: Beirut

Cite this object as

Drawing, Architectural Study, Beirut, Lebanon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-923

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