Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape study of a tall cliff face in the Mountains of Edom near Petra, in present-day Jordan. This bulging, rocking prominence dominates the composition at center and is characterized by its sheer cliffs at right and center. Several gullies, pinnacles, and rock strata are variously rendered thoughout the cliffs. Possible architectural carvings are visible at the base of the cliffs, at center.
- Verso: Possibly unfinished landscape sketch showing rocky slopes and mountainsides in Petra, in present-day Jordan. A tall, round pillar is visible at left, with a doorway or frame carved into the rock below at right.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Date
- February 20-22, 1868
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
- Dimensions
- 17.7 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- drawing
- Type
- drawing
