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Drawing, Twilight over the Hudson River, Hudson, New York, Part One

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1860 - 1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green wove 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

11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: steel blue black / very dark; in graphite, lower right: Curious greenish grey dark / also bluish / landscape fade[s] / red; in graphite, verso upper left: smoky brown cirri with / reddish lights / Delicate warm light faint / Delicious pale purple; in graphite, upper right: blue delicate / mixed; in graphite, center left: Darker / red; in graphite, center: rich orange red; in graphite, lower right: gold and fire / purple / fading luminous / pink

Cite this object as

Drawing, Twilight over the Hudson River, Hudson, New York, Part One; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1027

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