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Drawing, Wooded Stream Bank, 1860–1880

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1860–1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

11.9 × 20.1 cm (4 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: 3 / grass thin; in graphite, center right: oak / grey bank; in graphite, lower center: grey stream / pebbles; in graphite, lower right: 2 - rich bt sienna / 3 - large cedar cool rich / green -; in graphite, verso center left: blue dark / golden light; in graphite, verso center: Dark; in graphite, center right: silvery lights / in shadow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Wooded Stream Bank, 1860–1880; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and oxidized white gouache on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 20.1 cm (4 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1032

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