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Drawing, Rainbow over the Mediterranean with Figure Sketches, Beirut, Lebanon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 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 × 12.1 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Beyrout; in graphite, center left: Darker / warmish grey; in graphite, lower left: green / Dark green / brown green; in graphite, verso upper center: Grass / Green / (green) / white / Moustache / and head; in graphite, verso center: Firing a Salute

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rainbow over the Mediterranean with Figure Sketches, Beirut, Lebanon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 8.6 × 12.1 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1190

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