The Fortress of Agios Nikolaos, Rhodes, Greece
date: label: Date
content: May 29, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the Fortress of Agios Nikolaos in Rhodes, Greece, as seen from the water. In the foreground, seawater stretches to the middle distance, where it encounters a rocky and abrupt shoreline. At center, the tall, stone walls of a castle dominate the shore. An inner keep with a tower rises higher than the exterior walls. The curving shoreline extends into the distance at right. At lower right, a small vignette of a series of windmills is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the French Tower, also known as the Tower of Angels, on the coastline of the Greek island and city of Rhodes, as seen from the water. At center left, the crenellated tower is situated on the point of a narrow spit of land. Mountains coastlines are visible in the distance at left, while several windmills are shown to the right of the tower.
place: label: made in
content: Rhodes, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Rhodes, 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: 1917-4-687
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 21 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)