The Parthenon from the Southeast, Athens, Greece
date: label: Date
content: April 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture sketch showing a view of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, from the southeast. Prominently situated at center, the temple extends obliquely into the distance from right to left. The facade, at right, is dark and enshrouded, while the colonnade at center is brightly illuminated. The ruinous section at center with several fallen columns is prominently visible. The ground around the temple is comprised of hasty pencil scratches.
place: label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Athens, Greece
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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: 1917-4-378-b
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-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.6 × 20.2 cm (4 3/16 × 7 15/16 in.)