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Drawing, Mountain top

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1877 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

10.1 × 17 cm (4 in. × 6 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: rocky / rocky; in graphite, center left: rocky / yellow / yel / green; in graphite, center: greener / yellow; in graphite, verso center right: dead; in graphite, verso lower right: Sep 1877

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountain top; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.1 × 17 cm (4 in. × 6 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1160

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