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Drawing, Mt. Sannine near Beirut, Lebanon
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 15, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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
12.4 × 21.2 cm (4 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center: 2 2 / 2 / gold; in graphite, center right: Trees / maroon tint; in graphite, lower left: reddish / lilac / blue grey / rocks in contrast to / dark hills; in graphite, lower center: green / yel brown light; in graphite, lower right: 2 - rich brown mountain lined / by green masses of [---] with deep / gold furrows of [---] in streaks of / reddish masses / Trees scattered in parts / Main mountain half covered with snow in streaks / clear parts delicate light brown whole looks silvery / in contrast to landscape; in graphite, verso center left: light spots / & streaks like gold on / the brown grey & greenish / Mountain sides; in graphite, verso center: yel / grey; in graphite, verso lower left: village; in graphite, verso lower right: May 15th /68
Cite this object as
Drawing, Mt. Sannine near Beirut, Lebanon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.4 × 21.2 cm (4 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-928
