Mixed Studies with Mounted Bedouin Guides, Palestine or Syria
date: label: Date
content: February or March 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed studies from Church's journey to Petra through present-day Israel and Jordan, showing Bedouin guides mounted on horses, details of weapons, and two plants. At upper left and center are two sketches of Bedouin guides riding horses and resting long spears on their shoulders, viewed from behind. At center left and lower right, a sketch of a curved sword and the hilt of a rifle are visible. At lower left, partial drawing of a headdress is visible. Along the lower margin, sketches of a flower blossom and a bush with a long, vertical stem are also included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed studies from Church's journey to Petra through present-day Israel and Jordan, showing views of figures, luggage, and camels. In upper portion, three partial studies of the heads of Bedouin guides are visible. At upper left, a camel laden with water skins is visible. At center, a sketch of a figure mounted on a camel is shown from the rear. Below this, a sketch of a long rifle is visible. In lower portion are sketches of a figure viewed from behind, the head of a yoked camel, and a camel laden with saddle bags, viewed from behind.
place: label: made in
content: Jordan or Israel
label: place depicted
content: Jordan or 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: 1917-4-948
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 17.4 × 8.6 cm (6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.)