View of Beirut (?)

Frederic Edwin Church1869

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Oblique view into a street from above. Windows and balconies are decorated with cloths and banners. Crowds of people fill the windows and the street below. Many of the figures are masked.

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Title: View of Beirut (?)
Creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date Created: 1869
Location Created: USA
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Brush and oil paint, graphite on cardboard
Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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