Constantinople in Moonlight
date: label: Date
content: June 4, 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 looking south over Constantinople (now Istanbul) and its environs, from the Galata Tower. In the foreground, the tops of nearby houses are hastily rendered. In the middle distance, numerous masted ships sail into the Golden Horn from the Bosphorus Strait, visible at left. At right, the Galata Bridge is shown spanning the Golden Horn, across which, the skyline of Constantinople is visible, punctuated by several domes and minarets. The moon hangs in the sky above and reflects its light off the waters of the Sea of Marmara in the background. At left, distant mountains are visible along the horizon.
place: label: made in
content: Istanbul, Turkey
label: place depicted
content: Istanbul, Turkey
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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: 1917-4-601
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 gray-green paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30 × 44 cm (11 13/16 × 17 5/16 in.)