Canyon Panorama, Part Two, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)
date: label: Date
content: February 20, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing the second half of a panoramic view of a canyon in the valley known to Church as El Yemen in southern Israel. A rugged mountainside in foreground, periodically interrupted by cliffs, descends from upper right to lower left. In middle distance beyond, a massive, precipitous, table mountain is visible. It long, sheer cliff face extends across the composition. Rock strata visible in cliffs thoughout.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose landscape sketch of a sloping mountainside in the desert canyon in present-day southern Israel known to Church as El Yemen. The rocky slope descends diagonally from upper left to lower right, with rocks and bluffs throughout. Beyond, in middle distance and background, rugged topography of the nearby mountains extends to the horizon. Likely first half a panoramic view.
place: label: place depicted
content: Israel
label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-178
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 and white gouache on gray wove paper; verso: graphite and gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 20.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)