Distant View of the Royal Tombs, Petra, Jordan
date: label: Date
content: February 26, 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 distant view of the Royal Tombs in Petra, Jordan. In the foreground at left and right, rocky pinnacles and cliffsides frame a view of two of the Royal Tombs: the Palace Tomb, in the middle distance at center, and the Corinthian Tomb, beside it at right. Rolling, arid terrain intercedes between the rocky pinnacles and the tombs, which are carved into the rugged, red rock mountain that stretches across the middle distance. In the background, a taller and faintly rendered range of mountains backdrops the scene.
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: 1917-4-478
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 gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.3 × 43.5 cm (10 3/4 × 17 1/8 in.)