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Drawing, Sunset off the Coast of Labrador, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June–July 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on light brown 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

27.5 × 45.2 cm (10 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, 2 - Shadow very warm smoky gradating at [4 & 2?] more purple / 3 - smoky orange / 4 - yellowish inclining to green up - / 5 - Black illuminated with gold & fire / 6 & 7 - dusky red yel; in graphite, center: grey sky / red reflected / cold - / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / sea; in graphite, lower right: Labrador

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset off the Coast of Labrador, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper; 27.5 × 45.2 cm (10 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-267

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