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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Anatomical Sketches of Heads, probably 1865–1875

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated probably 1865–1875 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green wove paper. 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

44.6 × 26.9 cm (17 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Temporal bone / supercilliary ridge / Frontal bone / Parietal bone / Frontal emminence / Super orbital eminence / Occipital bone / Malar bone / Superior / maxillary / mastoid Process of / temporal bone / Inferior / maxillary / Sphenoid / Zygoma; upper right: Frontal bone / Temporal cavity / Temporal / ridge / Malar bone / Superior / maxillary bone; lower left: Small features / Large features / superior / Forehead cut back / makes fighting character / Fighting head / Englishman; verso upper left: Pectoralis / Major / Deltoid / Humurus / Olecranon / Radius / Ulna; verso lower right: Tricep / Teres Minor / Teres Major / Infra / Spinatus / Deltoid / Infra Spinatus / Teres Minor / Teres Major / Scapula limb of Triceps

Cite this object as

Drawing, Anatomical Sketches of Heads, probably 1865–1875; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 44.6 × 26.9 cm (17 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1537

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