Castle in the Dardanelles, Turkey
date: label: Date
content: June 2, 1868
name: label: Association
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture sketch from the voyage to present-day Istanbul showing two views of a castle and a mosque near the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey. At left, a castle with tall walls and an even taller central tower/keep is visible, backdropped by a nearby mountain range. At right and oppositely oriented, the facade of a domed most is shown flanked by two tall, pointed minarets.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architecture sketches showing views of present-day Istanbul, Turkey under moonlight, as seen from the sea. Multiple large buildings are visible, and a mountain range backdrops the city. At right and oppositely oriented, a sketch of the city's lighthouse is included.
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: 1917-4-1455
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: 12.3 × 21.2 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)