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Drawing, Canyon in the El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel), February 20, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 20, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache 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 × 20.1 cm (4 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso upper left: El Yemen / red; in graphite, verso center left: grey & green bushes; in graphite, verso lower center: 2 - / 2 - sandy grey

Cite this object as

Drawing, Canyon in the El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel), February 20, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on white wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 12.3 × 20.1 cm (4 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-465

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