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Drawing, Mt. Lebanon between Yahfoufa and 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 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

H x W: 28.3 × 43.5 cm (11 1/8 × 17 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 / 3 3; in graphite, center: green / red / plough in great / streaks / grass / very jagged / very broken in blocks and [---] / grass; in graphite, center right: purpler / soft distant green / green / & ploughed red / village / ledges stones / reddish earth & yell grass / green; in graphite, lower left: green / grass covering rocks / Rock grey with salmon tint / earth red; in graphite, lower center: [arrow pointing up] west; in graphite, lower right: 2 - soft yel brown / 3 - dark greenish warmer towards base / Mt. Lebanon - Between Yafoof & Baalbec / Morning - May 6th /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mt. Lebanon between Yahfoufa and Baalbek, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green laid paper; H x W: 28.3 × 43.5 cm (11 1/8 × 17 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-584

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