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Drawing, Colored Rockface, Petra, Syria (Jordan)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February - March 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on tan paperboard. 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

30.5 × 51 cm (12 in. × 20 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

Cite this object as

Drawing, Colored Rockface, Petra, Syria (Jordan); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on tan paperboard; 30.5 × 51 cm (12 in. × 20 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-585

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