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Drawing, Distant View of the Royal Tombs, Petra, Jordan

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 26, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green wove paper. 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

27.3 × 43.5 cm (10 3/4 × 17 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c; verso lower right: L.457d; in brown ink, verso lower center: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 2 red rocks with / grey tips like dust; center: olive sandy / grey / 2 / reddish; center right: black / & grey; lower center: profound; lower right: Petra

Cite this object as

Drawing, Distant View of the Royal Tombs, Petra, Jordan; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 27.3 × 43.5 cm (10 3/4 × 17 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-478

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