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Drawing, Sketches from the journey from Palestine to Petra, Arabia, and back.

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

17.4 × 8.6 cm (6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: Dark / bluish white; lower right: coming uphill; verso upper center: 2 reddish brown; verso center: Dark / 2 / yel brown

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches from the journey from Palestine to Petra, Arabia, and back.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 17.4 × 8.6 cm (6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-943

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