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Drawing, Boats and a Bay Window, Jaffa, Palestine (Tel-Aviv, Israel)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 7, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove 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 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Jaffa; in graphite, lower left: bay / window / Jaffa; in graphite, lower right: green transparent / water under boat; in graphite, verso upper left: w / white / red; in graphite, upper right: black / lilac / yellow / with red spots / woman; in graphite, center right: Dark blue / white; in graphite, lower right: Light shining / through the white / garment

Cite this object as

Drawing, Boats and a Bay Window, Jaffa, Palestine (Tel-Aviv, Israel); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 8.6 × 12 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-895

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