Pencil sketch of a stone arch with a carved medallion and shell niche, stepped masonry at right, and a distant ridge at upper left.

Sketch of Architecture and Landscape, as-Samu, Palestine

A graphite pencil sketch on pale paper showing a low ridge skyline at upper left, a rounded arch with a carved medallion and a shell-like niche at center, and stepped masonry blocks at right. Handwritten labels in pencil appear at top and bottom.

Artist: Frederic Edwin Church
Date: February 17, 1868
Medium: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 4000 × 2031 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

19th century 1860s 1868 pencil drawing graphite sketch cooper hewitt landscape sketch stone arch architecture drawing as-samu frederic edwin church palestine