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Drawing, Shoreline Flowers and Mountain Peak

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan 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 × 12.3 cm (8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: blue flowers scattered / 2 / white; in graphite, upper right: 2 rich purple lake; in graphite, lower center: veranda; in graphite, center right: patterned

Cite this object as

Drawing, Shoreline Flowers and Mountain Peak; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite; 21 × 12.3 cm (8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1478

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