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Drawing, Sketches of the House of Semon the Tanner, Jaffa, Palestine [Tel-Aviv, Israel] and Fishermen on the Rocks at Beyrout, Syria [Beirut, Lebanon]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on paper. 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

24.8 × 17.8 cm (9 3/4 in. × 7 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite near top: warm sienna / grey stone / ambreish (?) /olivish mo[r]tar (?) / House of Semon the Tanner / Jany 9 the 67 at Jaffa; again at lower left: Bay window / Jaffa; and again: blue / brown / Fishrmen on the rocks / at Beyrout / naked legs / Jan / 68.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches of the House of Semon the Tanner, Jaffa, Palestine [Tel-Aviv, Israel] and Fishermen on the Rocks at Beyrout, Syria [Beirut, Lebanon]; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Israel; graphite on paper; 24.8 × 17.8 cm (9 3/4 in. × 7 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-167

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