Damascus, Syria
date: label: Date
content: April 29 and May 2, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria, and the valley it occupies. In foreground, a road with cobblestones descends toward the valley, with a sloping ridge on either side. A flat plain extends through the middle distance, where the city and its buildings are visible. In the background, tall, rugged mountains hem in the valley.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architectural sketch of the facade of a house on the bank of a canal in Damascus, Syria. House characterized by exterior staircase and mixed design approaches in upper story.
place: label: made in
content: Damascus, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Damascus, Syria
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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: 1917-4-502
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: 12.3 × 21.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)