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Drawing, Jabal al-Habis, Petra, Jordan
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 24-27, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on off-white 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
17.7 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: General hue / olive brown green herbage / on the terraces; upper right: 2 light yel streak / 3 - whitish streak / 4 - red streak / 5 - grey; center left: grey / light; center: grey / 2 2 2 / 4 / slate color 5 / 4 / yel olive; center right: 2 2 / 2 2 / 5 / yellow 2 / 3 3; lower center: [arrow pointing up] north; lower right: continued on next / leaf-; verso upper right: light / sandy / olive / grey / brown / red brown / silvery blue / grey / brown; verso center: bushes; verso lower center: Petra
Cite this object as
Drawing, Jabal al-Habis, Petra, Jordan; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 17.7 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-487
