Drawing, Valley of El Arabah, February 21, Frederic Edwin Church, 21 February 1868

The plain is shown in the distance against a background of mountains with mount hôr at the extreme right. A valley leads backwards to the plain, in the fore and middle grounds. A river bed winds through it, a road along the hillside at right. Dromedaries and men are shown upon it. Inscribed figures. Date: 21 February 1868. Dimensions: 27.3 x 43.8 cm (10 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.); ; Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.). Medium: gouache on gray wove paper, graphite. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Valley of El Arabah, February 21, 1868 (CH 18199691)