Ancient Tombs at Petra and Well at Be'er Sheva
date: label: Date
content: February 26 and March 3, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two landscape sketches showing four views of ancient rock-cut tombs at Petra in present-day Jordan, above, and a circular well in the city of Be'er Sheva in present-day Israel, below. At lower center, a figure crouches beside the wide opening of the well, which is lined in hewn stones, and two sketches of water troughs are visible at lower right.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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: 1917-4-427
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 white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.6 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)