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Drawing, Siloam and Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, April 1, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

27.4 × 43.8 cm (10 13/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite at lower left corner: Siloam & Jerusalem / April / 68; at upper right: 2. grey and orange brown /3. color of wall/4. grey white; numbered and inscribed throughout: whitish / green /graves / pear / white / path

Cite this object as

Drawing, Siloam and Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, April 1, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Israel; graphite on grey-green laid paperboard ; 27.4 × 43.8 cm (10 13/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-159

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