Preparing a Camel, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)
date: label: Date
content: February 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure and landscape sketch of three Bedouin guides preparing a camel for travel during Church's expedition to Petra. Two figures stand on either side a seated camel and drape textiles on its back as it turns its head towards them. A third figure stands at left facing the viewer, leaning a long rifle against his shoulder. A mountainous desert landscape is faintly rendered in the background.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Israel or Jordan
label: place possibly depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-479
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink with graphite on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.5 × 20.2 cm (4 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)