Base of Abel's Mountain, Syria
date: label: Date
content: May 4, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of the rocky, rugged cliffs at the base of Abel's mountain west of Souk Wadi Barada in Syria. Foreground is made up of loosely rendered rocks, gravel, and other debris. At center and right, the mountainside is shown in some detail, with its various bluffs, cliffs, and overhanging ledges made up of visible rock strata. Cliff continues off page at upper right while a mountain range shapes the horizon in the background at left.
place: label: made in
content: Souk Wadi Barada, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Souk Wadi Barada, 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: 1917-4-597
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
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
label: Dimensions
content: 43.8 × 28.8 cm (17 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)