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Drawing, View of Damascus, Syria, Part Two
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 2, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green 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
28.8 × 44 cm (11 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, center left: reddish white / white / brown / open green / blue water / Forest of trees with brown steaks / scattered trees / [o]lives / scattered here / scattered / olives in brown / earth / grove of / olives / water / grey; center: mostly / many olives / mixed / with rich green / trees / olives warm gren / Brown Road / water; center right: Sienna / many olives faint tint of pink in grey green; lower left: water / greyer / rich / orange / sienna / in shadow; lower right: Rocks in foreground grey, where fresh broken rich bt sienna/ Black lichens grey moss / wild wheat / green / spots / in red / red stem / 2d sheet / View of Damascus / [struck out: April] May 2d /68
Cite this object as
Drawing, View of Damascus, Syria, Part Two; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Syria; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 28.8 × 44 cm (11 5/16 × 17 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-123-b
