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Drawing, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 6, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green laid paperboard; 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
27.4 × 43.7 cm (10 13/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso lower center, L.457e
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center left: 2 2 / yel green / rich green / rich green brown / Brown / road; in graphite, center: 3 / brownish green / Ref / wall; in graphite, lower left: sunlit parts rich gold tint shadows golden & brownish / 2 - delicate lemon green (plain) / 3 - golden shadows; in graphite, lower right: Baalbec May 6th /68 / [arrow pointing up] W
Cite this object as
Drawing, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green laid paperboard; verso: graphite; 27.4 × 43.7 cm (10 13/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-517
