Mixed Sketches around Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
date: label: Date
content: possibly 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed sketches around Jaffa, Palestine (now Tel Aviv, Israel) showing multiple architectural details, as well as a sketch of a date palm and a figure riding camel, viewed from behind, at left. In upper left corner, a rectilinear building with an arched facade is shown from below. Throughout right half of leaf, sketches of a column capital with acanthus leaves, the facade of a building with a triangular gable, and a vaulted ceiling are visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch of a mountain known to Church as Jebel Sunim in present-day Israel or Jordan. Flat foreground extends to middle distance, where hills begin to rise. Three small structures are visible on the lower slopes. In background, the flat peak of a tall, rugged mountain looms over the landscape.
place: label: made in
content: Tel Aviv, Israel
label: place depicted
content: Tel Aviv, Israel
label: place depicted
content: Israel or Jordan
label: place 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: 1917-4-1287
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: 8.6 × 17 cm (3 3/8 × 6 11/16 in.)