Moonlight over Constantinople, Turkey (Istanbul)
date: label: Date
content: June 4, 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 overlooking Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul). Towers and buildings in foreground rise before a river or strait (likely the Bosphorus Strait). An elevated rise with buildings is visible in middle distance at right. The moon hangs above in the upper margin. In the background, mountains define the horizon. In upper portion of composition, three details of arches and a column are visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architectural sketches showing two towers in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul). At left, an octagonal tower beside a crenellated wall has a conical roof. At right and oppositely oriented, the facade of a tower is shown, characterized by two, tall, framing columns.
place: label: made in
content: Istanbul, Turkey
label: place depicted
content: Istanbul, Turkey
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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: 1917-4-1456
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 20.1 cm (4 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)