Approaching Mt. Hor
date: label: Date
content: February 23, 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 the rocky, rugged mountains in the range near Mt. Hor in present-day Jordan. A sharp, precipitous peak is visible at center. Numerous rocky pinnacles and canyons are shown throughout the surrounding desert landscape. In the background, distant mountains are faintly rendered.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing Mt. Hor and the rugged ridge of which it is a portion, in present-day Jordan. Hills in the middle distance lead up to an abrupt and rocky ridge. Layers of rock strata are visible throughout a sharp, craggy prominence at far right and in another cliff face at left. Contour of ridge sharp and uneven.
place: label: made in
content: Jordan
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-371
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 and white gouache on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 17.6 × 24.7 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)