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Drawing, Sketches of Sitting Camel, Two Grazing Horses, Building, February 18, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 18, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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 × 17.1 cm (3 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, right center: Sheikh's / Horse & spear / sign of encampment; lower center: Camels on Mountainside; lower right: 2 / red / 3 / brown Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Raising the tent / Feb 18-68-; upper right: Hawk

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches of Sitting Camel, Two Grazing Horses, Building, February 18, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on paper; 8.6 × 17.1 cm (3 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-944

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