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[edit]Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Distant View of Damascus, Syria, May 7, 1868
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artist QS:P170,Q366212 |
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Title |
English: Drawing, Distant View of Damascus, Syria, May 7, 1868 |
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English: Landscape view across two pages, A showing slightly less than two thirds. Hills form the banks of a valley with trees and water which wind toward right in the central middle distance. A plateau and hills form the background. |
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Date |
7 May 1868 date QS:P571,+1868-05-07T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Medium | graphite, brush and white gouache on green-gray paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 27.7 × 43.6 cm (10 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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1917-4-655-a |
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Credit line | Gift of Louis P. Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | Stars are drawn at the right and left bottom corners of the drawings, respectively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written lower left: 2 all these ledges goldbrown / from wely above Damascus / view looking west / (parts) 1st Inscribed B: grey / grey rust / yel Written lower left: From wely above Damascus / 2nd part
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Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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