Crouching Dromedary
date: label: Date
content: February–March 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure sketch showing a detailed view of a kneeling dromedary (or one-humped camel) in left profile, recorded en route to or in Petra, Jordan. Situated prominently at center, the camel--which is possibly the artist's own, named Zraigan--is encumbered with a large, laden saddle on its hump and a harness around its snout, which is chained to its neck. Its fur is a dark brown shade with areas of gray, and its shadow stretches out before it.
place: label: made in
content: Palestine (present-day Israel) or Jordan
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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: 1917-4-492
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30 × 47 cm (11 13/16 × 18 1/2 in.)