Cliffs and Ridges, El Yemen Valley, Palestine
date: label: Date
content: February 20, 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 a dramatic, precipitous canyon in present-day Israel. A steep, rocky slope descends in foreground from upper left to lower right. Suggestion of caravan at lower right. Another sheer cliff is visible in middle distance at center, part of a rugged ridge. Tall mountain range is visible in distance.
label: Description
content: Verso: Lansdcape sketch from the floor of a narrow, precipitous canyon in present-day Israel, rendered loosely. Stream flows through the base of the canyon in foreground at center, with steep slopes and cliffs on either side. In middle distance at upper center, a rounded ledge is visible, flanked by two tall, sharp prominences. Mountain range visible in background.
place: label: place depicted
content: Israel
label: made in
content: Israel
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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: 1917-4-175
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 wove paper; verso; graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.2 × 20.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)