Canyon Cleft near El Khasné, Petra, Jordan
date: label: Date
content: February 25-27, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of a cleft in a canyon at Petra, Jordan, adjacent to El Khasné. Facing south with the left side of El Khasné's facade loosely rendered at right, the cleft is shown in the middle distance at center left. It is comprised of numerous rocky pinnacles that loom over a deep, dark cavity. The upper rims of the nearby canyon extend out of frame at upper left and upper center.
place: label: made in
content: Petra, Jordan
label: place depicted
content: Petra, Jordan
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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: 1917-4-484
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 on light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 × 43.9 cm (10 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.)