Valley of the Yemen, Palestine (Israel)

A pencil and white gouache landscape showing a deep, rocky valley seen from a high vantage point, with terraced cliffs receding toward distant hills under a pale sky. A winding stream catches white highlights in the sunlit gorge, while craggy outcrops fill the foreground on both sides.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

February 20, 1868

Medium

Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2753 px

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