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Drawing, Beirut Harbor and Mount Sannine, Syria (Lebanon)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 1868 and February 20,1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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

12.2 × 20.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: greenish sky warm / 2 / 3; in graphite, upper right: 2 - brilliant gold / 3 - milky grey; in graphite, center left: blue purple / silvery; in graphite, center: brown purple; in graphite, center right: green window; in graphite, lower center: Beirut Jan (68); in graphite, verso center: lovely yel affected lights; in graphite, verso lower left; El Yemen / Feb 20th

Cite this object as

Drawing, Beirut Harbor and Mount Sannine, Syria (Lebanon); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.2 × 20.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-600

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