Camel and Figure Studies, Palestine or Syria
date: label: Date
content: February 22, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Camel and figure studies in present-day Jordan or Israel. At right, a seated camel wearing a saddle and yoke is rendered in some detail and viewed obliquely. At lower left and oppositely oriented, are two views of a Bedouin guide with a long spear mounted on a camel.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed camel studies of a dromedary mounted by a figure sitting sideways, shown in profile at lower center, and a sketch of a tassled saddlebag above at center.
place: label: made in
content: Jordan or Israel
label: place depicted
content: Jordan or Israel
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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: 1917-4-470
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 16.6 cm (3 3/8 × 6 9/16 in.)