Bedouin Campfire at Night
date: label: Date
content: 1868-1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Description
content: Oil study showing a group of Bedouin guides and their camels resting near a campfire at night during Church's expedition to Petra. One figure at center turns to look at the viewer, his eye reflecting the fire's light. Another figure to the right is viewed from behind and forms a dark silhouette. The fire's flames and embers are carried to the right by the wind. Above the blaze, the heads and bodies of four camels are visible, delicately illuminated. The scene is otherwise black.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Tel Aviv, Israel
label: place depicted
content: As-Samu', Palestine
label: possibly made in
content: Beirut, Lebanon
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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: 1917-4-425-a
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil paint and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 23.3 × 33.2 cm (9 3/16 × 13 1/16 in.)