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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

Drawing, Siloam and Jerusalem, Southeastern Corner of the Walls Seen from the Mount of Olives [Jerusalem,and Silwan, East Jerusalem, Israel]

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

Sheet: 27.5 x 43.8 cm (10 13/16 x 17 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite at lower left corner: Siloam & Jerusalem / April / 68; at upper right: 2. grey and orange brown /3. color of wall/4. grey white; numbered and inscribed throughout: whitish / green /graves / pear / white / path

Cite this object as

Drawing, Siloam and Jerusalem, Southeastern Corner of the Walls Seen from the Mount of Olives [Jerusalem,and Silwan, East Jerusalem, Israel]; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Israel; graphite on gray paper ; Sheet: 27.5 x 43.8 cm (10 13/16 x 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-159

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