Tomb Carving from the Museum at Athens, Greece
date: label: Date
content: April 14-25, 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Object sketch of a carved marble tomb in the museum of Athens. At center, the tombstone-shaped object is topped with a triangular pediment with an inlaid medallion and two torch-like decorations at left and right. The central portion is decorated with a wreath, an amphora, and a palm frond. Indiscernable writing is shown below these relief carvings.
place: label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Athens, Greece
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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: 1917-4-1509
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.8 × 10.6 cm (8 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.)