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Drawing, Village of Al Kiswah, Syria
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April - May, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green paperboard; 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
27.6 × 44.5 cm (10 7/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center left: brown / bare / grain; in graphite, center: water / water / green; in graphite, center right: 2 / 2 2 / 2 2 / light yellowish & brown / soil / road / light / green / grain / road; in graphite, lower left: 2 - yellowish green - lighter / 3 - poplars - rich green; in graphite, lower center: Kasweyh / crumbly grey brown Rocks / village same color soft yellowish brown light / roofs little lighter / [arrow pointing up] W; in graphite, verso center right: Darker / soft tints / graves / green / grey / Bushes / water / green / Broken earth / road / grass
Cite this object as
Drawing, Village of Al Kiswah, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green paperboard; verso: graphite; 27.6 × 44.5 cm (10 7/8 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1299
