Mt. Sannine near Beirut, Lebanon
date: label: Date
content: May 15, 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 of Mt. Sannine from a perspective near present-day Beirut, Lebanon. A ridge in the foreground descends from upper right the lower left, revealing a view of other rugged mountain ranges extending from middle distance to background. The peak of Mt. Sannine is visible at center right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a hastily rendered view of mountains with a nestled village in Lebanon or Syria. A rugged canyon, showing in greater detail that the surrounding terrain, is visible at center. In background, the outline of a rugged mountain ridge stretches across the composition. A small village is visible at lower left.
place: label: place depicted
content: Lebanon
label: made in
content: near Beirut, Lebanon
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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: 1917-4-928
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 gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 21.2 cm (4 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)