Drawing, Sketches of a Domed Structure, Ship, and Stately House, January 1868, Frederic Edwin Church, January 1868

Top left: dome of a small structure, probably a tomb, shown beside a broken wall. Bottom left: a ship with sails reefed. Right: corner of a stately house built at the edge of the water. A row of painted arches is shown on the ground floor from which a room projects laterally. Written in the entablature above the second floor: "yellow blot. . (?)"; "beyrout" written left top corner. Verso: an arch door with steps leading to it; caption: "door, beyrout". Center: a shoe; inscribed: "red". A child upon the arm of a woman. Head of a woman; written beside: "woman /all white/ excepting copper green/ be/ veil over face". A headgear. Top left corner: the date, top right: "beyrout". Date: January 1868. Dimensions: 8.7 × 12.1 cm (3 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.). Medium: graphite on cream paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketches of a Domed Structure, Ship, and Stately House, January 1868 (CH 18202703-3)