Ramla viewed from Ramla Tower and the Tower at Lydda, Palestine (Israel)
date: label: Date
content: February 7 and 10, 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 view of the city of Ramla from Ramla Tower, and separately, the Tower at Lydda (now known as Lod) in present-day Israel. Along the left margin, the Tower at Lydda is sketched in some detail with an observation space at its top. Dominating the rest of the composition is a view overlooking the city of Ramla from the Ramla Towers. Tombs are shown in the foreground at lower right, while fields and olive trees are shown in the middle distance in front of the city itself. Multiple towers and domed buildings are visible in the city, while rolling mountain ranges backdrop the scene along the horizon.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch, possibly part of a panorama, showing a view of the slopes of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, possible viewed from the Mount of Olives itself or Siloam. At upper center, a large building with two domes is perched atop a steep hill with a dirt road. Portions of the hillside at right are highlighted in white gouache. In the foreground at lower right, a shrub is visible on nearby terrain. In the background at right, another hillside extends out of view.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ramla, present-day Israel
label: place depicted
content: Jerusalem, present-day Israel
label: made in
content: Ramla, present-day Israel
label: made in
content: Jerusalem, present-day Israel
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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: 1917-4-184
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite, brush and white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 17.6 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)