Column Capital and Head of a Camel, as-Samu, Palestine
date: label: Date
content: February 15-17, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural and figure study of column capital and the head of a camel in the town of as-Samu, Palestine. At left, an ancient column capital with two rows of acanthus leaves is visible. At right, the head and neck of a yoked camel is shown in profile.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architectural study of a fragment of an ancient entablature, with sculptured frieze and moulding, in the town of as-Samu, Palestine. Grape vines, or vine rinceaux, spring from a bowl, beside which two ornamented medallions flank a wreath with a shell.
place: label: place depicted
content: as-Samu, Palestine
label: made in
content: as-Samu, Palestine
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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: 1917-4-460
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 white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 12.4 cm (3 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.)