Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine
date: label: Date
content: February 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure studies showing ten partial and complete views of camels and three partial figure sketches. At center, a scene of a camel walking along a ridge against the evening sky is visible. The animal is flanked by two humans, viewed from behind. Above, four partial camels and one figure are visible. Below, three studies of a camel's head with the head of a Bedouin guide are also included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape study showing the rolling, barren terrain near what is now the West Bank, Palestine. A rocky foreground leads to an expansive and nondescript middle distance. In the background, a tall mountain range rises while sun beams shine down from above.
place: label: made in
content: Israel or Palestine
label: place depicted
content: Israel or Palestine
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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: 1917-4-483
objectType: label: Type
content: animals
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 17.1 × 8.6 cm (6 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)