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Drawing, Jerusalem and the Garden of Gethsemane from the Mount of Olives

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 27-31, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

32.8 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 in. × 20 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: brown; in graphite, center: green / green / green; in graphite, lower left: road

Cite this object as

Drawing, Jerusalem and the Garden of Gethsemane from the Mount of Olives; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 32.8 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 in. × 20 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1321

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