Sketches of Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt
date: label: Date
content: January 4-9, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sketches of figures and a signal tower from Egypt, possibly the city of Port Said. Shown at upper left is a seated figure viewed from behind; at upper center, a group of four seated men; at upper right and center left, four views of walking figures; and, along the lower margin, two figures walking with canes and two other partially completed figures. All individuals wear light, draped clothing and some type of cap. At right, an ornate signal tower in a port with an onion-shaped top displays a flag on its left side.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed sketches from Jaffa, Palestine (present-day Tel Aviv, Israel) showing, at upper left, a domed building beside an arched one; at upper right, four figures rowing a boat at sea away from the viewer; and at lower left, a billowing, moonlit cloud with a silver lining and a long shadow.
place: label: made in
content: possibly Port Said, Egypt
label: place depicted
content: possibly Port Said, Egypt
label: made in
content: Jaffa, present-day Tel Aviv, Palestine, present-day Israel
label: place depicted
content: Jaffa, present-day Tel Aviv, Palestine, present-day 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: 1917-4-37
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 beige wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 12.3 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)