Damascus, View from the Mountains
date: label: Date
content: May 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a view of Damascus, Syria, and its surrounding environs from the eastern foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. In the foreground at left, the rocky, rocky slopes of nearby hills descend to a lush green valley in the middle distance at center and right, where the city of Damascus is situated. At right, a winding river snakes toward the city, which is largely indistinct but punctuated with white towers. Beyond, the green valley floor extends to the background, where barren mountains fade into a haze.
place: label: made in
content: Damascus, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Damascus, Syria
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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: 1917-4-759
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 28.6 × 45.1 cm (11 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)