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Drawing, Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 18, 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

8.6 × 17.3 cm (3 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso upper left: L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: red; center right: Sheikh's / horse & spear / sign of encampment; lower center: Camels on Mountainside; lower right: 2 3 2 / 2 / red / 3 / brown; verso upper right: Hawk; verso center: first; verso lower left: Raising the tent / Feb 18 - 68 -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 8.6 × 17.3 cm (3 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-944

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