Drawing, Sketches from the Middle East, including Suez Canal, January 1868, Frederic Edwin Church, January 1868

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. Dimensions: Sheet: 8.6 x 12.1 cm (3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketches from the Middle East, including Suez Canal, January 1868 (CH 18201047-2)