Petra from the Pathway to Ed-Deir
date: label: Date
content: February 24, 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 the carved architectural forms of Petra, viewed from the nearby road to El-Deir, also known as the Monastery. Rocky ledges at left and right steeply give way to a view of cliffs and prominences in middle distance, where the carved buildings of Petra are visible, embedded into the surrounding mountainsides. In background, rolling hills and mountains extend to the horizon.
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: 1917-4-430
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 wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.2 × 20.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)