Roman Sarcophagus
date: label: Date
content: October 1868 - April 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sketch showing an oblique view of a rectangular Roman sarcophagus in Rome or Pompeii, Italy. Supported by an elaborate base, the sarcophagus features on its side a carving of a winged creature, and of kneeling figures in the corners of its lid. The long side of the sarcophagus is blank.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture and landscape sketch showing a frontal view of a rectangular Roman sarcophagus in the immediate foreground at left, and a church with a tower beside a tree in the distance at right. The sarcophagus features several indistinct carvings on its face, with those of kneeling angels in the corners of its lid.
place: label: made in
content: Rome or Pompeii, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Rome or Pompeii, Italy
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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: 1917-4-1504
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.4 × 8.8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.)