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Drawing, Distant View of Damascus, Syria
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, brush and white gouache on light green 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 × 44.1 cm (11 5/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped in black ink, lower center: L.457c; verso center: L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, center left: bt sienna / greyish / green / bt sienna rocks rich bt sienna; center: 2 / blue green / w / grass / water / All these rocks rich sienna with / gold gleams / debris / more sandy col / gold orange / & redder / dotted with bushes / free from plants / greenish on top; center right: greyer / sandy orange / cooler orange / green / bt / sienna / bronze / rich streaks / (all these / rocks; lower left: Trees / water water / Thin / with bank / in spots / water green Bank / green / road / May 2d / Damascus / Trees very dark green as / contrasted with light warm rocks / Lovely [?] color of rocks a little lighter; lower center: grey / water greenish dull blue; lower right: In shadow / rocks purple grey where cropping out / earth and crumbly rock rich bt sienna / 2 grey green / rocks with grey / face but / broken parts / richer color / black lichen / Thistle blue green / like whitewash
Cite this object as
Drawing, Distant View of Damascus, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on light green paper; 28.8 × 44.1 cm (11 5/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-498
