Drawing, Temples at Morning, Baalbek, May 12, Frederic Edwin Church, 12 May 1868

The drawing is in the right part of the sheet, bordered at left by a line. Structures in the ruins and the continuation of the southern quarry are shown in the foreground, the modern town in the left distance. The palin and the mountain range are in the background. Inscribed with figures and a cross, place and date at bottom, see inscriptions for additional words. Date: 12 May 1868. Dimensions: 28.9 × 44 cm (11 3/8 × 17 5/16 in.); ; Mat: 28 × 36 cm (11 in. × 14 3/16 in.). Medium: gouache, graphite, paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Temples at Morning, Baalbek, May 12, 1868 (CH 18193791-2)