Landscape Sketches with Figures, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)
date: label: Date
content: February or March 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and figure studies from present-day Israel or Jordan showing two figures and two views of mountainous terrain. In upper portion, a rugged, conical prominence is visible. At left, a ride on a camel is shown from behind. In lower portion and oppositely oriented, a sketch of a rocky mountain range is visible. Another figure wearing sheep skin and viewed from behind is shown at left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape study of a distant cliff face, with visible bands of horizontal rock strata. At left and oppositely oriented, two walking Bedouin guides are shown from the rear.
place: label: made in
content: Jordan or Israel
label: place depicted
content: Jordan or 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: 1917-4-938
objectType: 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: 17.1 × 8.6 cm (6 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)