Cliff Face, Petra, Syria (Jordan)
date: label: Date
content: February 25, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a detailed view of a cliff face at Petra, in present-day Jordan, and the array of colorful rock strata that composes it. A rounded, columnar formation is visible at center. Bands of red, brown, orange, and lavender sandstone stretch across the rock wall.
place: label: made in
content: Syria
label: place depicted
content: Syria
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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: 1917-4-813-b
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil paint and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 11.5 × 22.8 cm (4 1/2 in. × 9 in.)