Cliffs and Pinnacles, Petra, Jordan
date: label: Date
content: February 20-22, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study of a tall cliff face in the Mountains of Edom near Petra, in present-day Jordan. This bulging, rocking prominence dominates the composition at center and is characterized by its sheer cliffs at right and center. Several gullies, pinnacles, and rock strata are variously rendered thoughout the cliffs. Possible architectural carvings are visible at the base of the cliffs, at center.
label: Description
content: Verso: Possibly unfinished landscape sketch showing rocky slopes and mountainsides in Petra, in present-day Jordan. A tall, round pillar is visible at left, with a doorway or frame carved into the rock below at right.
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: 1917-4-668
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 off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 17.7 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)