File:Drawing, Sketches from the Middle East, including Suez Canal, January 1868 (CH 18201047-2).jpg

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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Sketches from the Middle East, including Suez Canal, January 1868   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church  (1826–1900)  wikidata:Q366212
 
Frederic Edwin Church
Alternative names
Frederick Edwin Church
Description American painter, landscape painter, art collector and traveler
Date of birth/death 4 May 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hartford New York City
Work location
Catskill; New York City; Ecuador; Colombia; Petra; Rome; Colony of Jamaica; Mexico; Olana State Historic Site; Jamaica Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q366212
Title
English: Drawing, Sketches from the Middle East, including Suez Canal, January 1868
Description
English: Recto: Horizontal view containing the distant view of a steamer at sea at the top; two boats with blocks of cement for Suez Canal breakwater at center; and a part of the elevation of a house at bottom left. Verso: Sky with a few clouds over the sea at night
Date January 1868
date QS:P571,+1868-01-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium graphite on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 8.6 x 12.1 cm (3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-72
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Recto: Inscribed in graphite, at top: Jan[uary] 1868; at center: Boats with Blocks of cement for Canal/ breakwater / Suez.

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at ?: light / Darker / silver; and again at bottom right: moon light / sky golden milky

  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: Egypt
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