Abels Tomb on Mountain above Suq Wadi Barada, Syria
date: label: Date
content: May 4, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural sketch of the alleged tomb of the Biblical figure, Abel, located near the town of Suq Wadi Barada in Syria. A stone structure with a straw roof dominates composition at center, with a wide opening in the shape of a pointed arch. Flags, cloth, and other miscellanous items are shown within this opening. At lower left, the outline of a mountainous landscape is visible.
place: label: made in
content: Suq Wadi Barada, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Suq Wadi Barada, 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: 1917-4-598
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
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
label: Dimensions
content: 21.7 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)