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Drawing, Landscape Sketches near Florence, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1868 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

12 × 21 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: village; in graphite, center left: Continuation / (bottom) of / preceding page; in graphite, center: Castle; in graphite, center right: umbrous / rock; in graphite, lower right: tiles / gravel / water; in graphite, verso center left: Florence Sep /68; in graphite, center right: Painting

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape Sketches near Florence, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12 × 21 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1470

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