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Drawing, Sketches of a Hilltop Town, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1868–1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

21.4 × 11.9 cm (8 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: grey; in graphite, center: olives; in graphite, lower center: Distant; in graphite, verso upper center: vines on ruins; in graphite, verso center right: water / stone; in graphite, verso lower left: millin graphite, verso lower center: Great deal of luminous / yellow & orange in rocks / contrasted with grey / road light

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches of a Hilltop Town, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 21.4 × 11.9 cm (8 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1467

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