Figure Sketches with Dogs, Port Said, Egypt
date: label: Date
content: January 6-10, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure studies showing twelve partial and complete sketches of Egyptian individuals, variously adorned in headdresses and draped garments, predominantly viewed from the rear. Three views of a seated and standing dog are also included, at lower right, lower center, and center left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed studies around Port Said, Egypt showing two figures viewed from the rear, in the upper portion of the composition, and a sketch of the Suez Canal's breakwater, made up of rectangular concrete blocks piled together, in the lower portion.
place: label: made in
content: Port Said, Egypt
label: place depicted
content: Port Said, Egypt
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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: 1917-4-38
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)