Ruins, Burek, Syria
date: label: Date
content: April 27, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural and landscape sketch of the ancient ruins near the town of Burak (also spelled Burraq) in southern Syria. Stone wall of a building frames scene in foreground at right. Across a road, multiple ruinous stone structures are visible at center, situated on a slightly elevated rise.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a town situated in a saddle between two tall, round hills--visible at left and right. A prominent tower is shown at center with a detail of it at upper right. Beyond, snow-coved mountains backdrop the view of the town.
place: label: made in
content: Burak, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Burak, Syria
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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: 1917-4-913
objectType: 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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 20.7 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)