Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Architectural sketch of the alleged tomb of the Biblical figure, Abel, located near the town of Suq Wadi Barada in Syria. A stone structure with a straw roof dominates composition at center, with a wide opening in the shape of a pointed arch. Flags, cloth, and other miscellanous items are shown within this opening. At lower left, the outline of a mountainous landscape is visible.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Date
- May 4, 1868
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium
- Graphite on grey-green laid paper
- Dimensions
- 21.7 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- drawing
- Type
- drawing
