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Drawing, Bedouins in Camp at Night

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February or March 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil, graphite on thin paperboard. 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.

  • Textile, Starry Indigo
  • silk (88%), silver foil over washi paper (8%), polyester (4%).
  • Gift of Hosoo Co., Ltd..
  • 2015-46-1

Its dimensions are

23.3 × 33.2 cm (9 3/16 × 13 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bedouins in Camp at Night; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, graphite on thin paperboard; 23.3 × 33.2 cm (9 3/16 × 13 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-425-a

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