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Drawing, Canyon View, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 20, 21 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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

12.3 × 20.3 cm (4 13/16 in. × 8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: rich laky purp; in graphite, lower right: Feb- / El Yemen; in graphite, verso upper right: 2 Rosy - / 3 - greenish / 4 - Clear blue / 5 - gold 6 orange-red / 6 / 4; in graphite, verso center left: 4; in graphite, verso center: 5 / 3 2 3 / Purple / Brown; in graphite, verso lower right: smoke / Feb 21st- /68 / Near Arabah

Cite this object as

Drawing, Canyon View, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 12.3 × 20.3 cm (4 13/16 in. × 8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-220

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