Drawing, Classical Ruins, Syria, May 1868, Frederic Edwin Church, May 1868

Oil sketch of classical ruin. Foreground is filled with architectural fragments. Three corinthian columns with entablature and fragment of another column stand upright. The upper parts of the columns are lit by the setting sun. An arch of the substructure and a seated bedouin are shown in the right center of the foreground. Date: May 1868. Dimensions: H x W: 18.1 × 25.7 cm (7 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.); ; Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.). Medium: graphite, oil on academy board. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Classical Ruins, Syria, May 1868 (CH 18191353)