Ruins of the Eshtemoa Synagogue at as-Samu, Palestine
date: label: Date
content: February 17, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the ruins of the Eshtemoa Synagogue near the town of as-Samu in Palestine. In the foreground at right, an ancient wall stands intact, carved with pillars with ornate capitals. A figure with a cap sits and sketches on the lower steps of the structure, likely Church's travel companion to Petra, D. Stuart Dodge. A Bedouin guide with a rifle sits among other fallen stones at center left. Across a middle distance strewn with rocks and ruins, the town of as-Samu is prominently visible along the horizon at center left. Various stones and rocks throughout are highlighted with white gouache.
place: label: made in
content: as-Samu, Palestine
label: place depicted
content: as-Samu, Palestine
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-459
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.8 × 44 cm (12 1/8 × 17 5/16 in.)