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Drawing, Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 4-8, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on cream-colored 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
8.6 × 12.3 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped in ink, at lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union
It is inscribed
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, at top left: yellowish / w / grey; at top center: L [light] blue; at center left: yel / w / blue; and at bottom left: 2 yellow / brown / red brown / 2. Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at top left: Jaffa; at center: luminous green blue 2; and across bottom: moonlit cloud (2 ) shadow thrown by cloud. Inscribed by a hand other than the artist's at lower left in graphite: Presented 1914 / Mr. L. P. Church 450.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Egypt; graphite on cream-colored paper; 8.6 × 12.3 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-37
