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Drawing, Mixed Studies with Mounted Bedouin Guides, Palestine or Syria

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February or March 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper; 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

17.4 × 8.6 cm (6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: 2 old / sheikh Horse; in graphite, upper right: 2 silk / yellow red / stripes / yel brown / black tail; in graphite, center left: wood; in graphite, center right: 2 white / 2 / sword; in graphite, lower left: 2; in graphite, verso upper left: water / skins; in graphite, verso upper center: black; in graphite, verso upper right: Sheikh / 2 2 - wrong side / sheep skin / bt / sienna / & gold; in graphite, verso center: rich / Brass / 2 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mixed Studies with Mounted Bedouin Guides, Palestine or Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 17.4 × 8.6 cm (6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-948

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