Mt. Carmel and Haifa from the Sea
date: label: Date
content: February 7, 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 view from the sea of Mt. Carmel and the city of Haifa, in what is now Israel. Water extends from foreground to middle distance, where it meets the shore. At left, Mt. Carmel rises dramatically and is crowned with the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. At center, the flat coastline extends to the right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape study showing a distant view of the city of Jaffa, in what is now Israel. Water extends from foreground to middle distance, where it meets a shoreline at the base of the city, which is built on a round hill. The arched, semi-spherical form of the prominence dominates the center of the composition at center and is covered in structures.
place: label: made in
content: Haifa, Israel
label: place depicted
content: Haifa, Israel
label: made in
content: Jaffa, Israel
label: place depicted
content: Jaffa, Israel
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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: 1917-4-900
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 white laid paper; verso; graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 17.2 cm (3 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)