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Drawing, Fisherman with Torch, Beirut, Syria (Lebanon)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white laid 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

12.2 × 21.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: Fisherman with torch / wading near shore - fishing / Beirut; in graphite, verso center: 2 2 2 / 3 3 / blue / 2 - White smoke reflects in / the water at 3 -; in graphite, verso lower left: Beyrout

Cite this object as

Drawing, Fisherman with Torch, Beirut, Syria (Lebanon); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.2 × 21.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-897

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