Rooftops by the Sea, Jaffa, Palestine (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
date: label: Date
content: March 7, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architectural sketches showing views of rooftops, at left, and the facade of a house, at right. At left, the rectilinear and domed forms of various roofs in Jaffa are visible, with the sea visible in the background. Laundry hangs between two buildings. At right, a plaster exterior wall is shown with a door, a shelf, and three panels with vine settings.
label: Description
content: Verso: Figure studies showing twenty-three partial and complete views of men, women, and children in Jaffa, in what is now Israel. Most individuals are adorned in a headdress and draped clothing.
place: 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: 1917-4-951
objectType: 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 × 17.4 cm (3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)