Drawing, Ruins of St. George Church, Lydda [present day Lod], February 7, Frederic Edwin Church, 7 February 1868

Vertical view at top of the ruins of the church of st. George in lydda (lod). View from a lateral nave into the apse. An islamic building is shown in the left rear, trees in the right rear. The entablature and the capital of the embedded column of the main nave are detailed at left. Sections of a pilaster of an arch of mouldings and details of capitals are shown at the bottom. Indication of an east direction. Verso: horizontal view at top of an arab riding, a woman walking and carrying a load upon her head, both shown from the back; a distant view of the village gazur, with a road shown obliquely in the foreground in the center; and a view across a plain looking towards a hill range at the bottom. Date: 7 February 1868. Dimensions: 25 × 17.6 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.). Medium: graphite on brown paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Ruins of St. George Church, Lydda (present day Lod), February 7, 1868 (CH 18191761)