Jerusalem by Moonlight
date: label: Date
content: March 31, 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 Jerusalem by moonlight, as viewed from the Mount of Olives. In the foreground, the nearby slope of the Mount is shown with the top of a tree beside an indistinct structure. Across the lower, shaded area, where the Garden of Gethsemane is situated, the eastern wall of Jerusalem is visible with the Dome of the Rock shown just beyond it at center right. Various trees and buildings are shown throughout the city, which extends beyond the softly arching horizon.
place: label: made in
content: Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
label: place depicted
content: Jerusalem, Israel/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: 1917-4-436-b
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 × 21.9 cm (4 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.)