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Drawing, Landscape and Architecture Sketches, as-Samu, Palestine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 17, 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

8.6 × 17.1 cm (3 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: lower margin, [whatm]AN 1864

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Simû-a; in graphite, lower center: Bit of sculptured / stone at Simû-a; in graphite, verso left center: Simû-a; in graphite, verso upper right: Inscription on / stone in wall / at Simûa; in graphite, verso lower center: Simûa

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape and Architecture Sketches, as-Samu, Palestine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 8.6 × 17.1 cm (3 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-461

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