Figure and Amphora from the Museum at Athens, Greece
date: label: Date
content: April 14-25, 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Object sketch of a relief carving showing an elaborate amphora (or narrow-necked vase with handles) in the Museum of Athens, Greece. Body of the vase is wide and tapers down to a narrow neck. One elaborate handle is shown at right. Above the amphora and oriented to the right, a sketch of a figure wearing a broad, billowing coat is included.
place: label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Athens, 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: 1917-4-1505
objectType: 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: 20.8 × 10.5 cm (8 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)