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Drawing, Mountain View, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 20, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

12.3 × 20.3 cm (4 13/16 in. × 8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: brown / rich; in graphite, center: w / Light; in graphite, lower center: White grey; in graphite, lower right: El Yemen; in graphite, verso upper left: El Yemen

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountain View, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite and white gouache on grey wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.3 × 20.3 cm (4 13/16 in. × 8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-176

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