File:Drawing, Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt, possibly 1868 (CH 18197563).jpg
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editFrederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt, possibly 1868
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artist QS:P170,Q366212 |
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Title |
English: Drawing, Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt, possibly 1868 |
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English: Recto: Top row: half figure of a seated man, shown from the back; a group of four seated men; a walking man, shown turned toward left; a walking woman carrying a baby, shown turned toward right; a head. Bottom row: bust of a man show de face with lowered head; half figure of a man shown bending forward and leaning upon a stick; a child; a walking woman with a stick, shown from the right back. And at right shown full height: a signal tower in a port.
Verso: Top row: a small square building with a dome and a part of a structure, both obliquely shown; a row boat; and at bottom left: sky with moon and clouds. |
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Date | possibly 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | graphite on cream-colored paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 8.6 × 12.3 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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1917-4-37 |
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Credit line | Gift of Louis P. Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | Stamped in ink, at lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at top left: Jaffa; at center: luminous green blue 2; and across bottom: moonlit cloud (2 ) shadow thrown by cloud. Inscribed by a hand other than the artist's at lower left in graphite: Presented 1914 / Mr. L. P. Church 450.
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Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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