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Drawing, View of Damascus from the Wadi Barada, Syria, Part Two, April–May 1868

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 grpahite, brush and white gouache on light 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 × 43.8 cm (11 5/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso lower right: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: lost / olives warm grey / poplars upright - rich green / road reddish / reddish reddish; lower right: 2d part / of sketch of / Damascus / from wady

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Damascus from the Wadi Barada, Syria, Part Two, April–May 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Syria; grpahite, brush and white gouache on light green wove paper; 28.8 × 43.8 cm (11 5/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-158-b

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