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Drawing, Crescent Moon above the Hudson River

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated November 1866 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan 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

12.3 × 22.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: cool blue grey; in graphite, upper right: Nov 1866; in graphite, center left: reddish / 4 4 / 5 / 6; in graphite, center: warm neut / 2 / purp; in graphite, center right: 3 / blue purp / blue / deep; in graphite, lower right: 2 - orange rich / 3 - more yel brilliant / 4 - Deep rich red orange brandy - / 5 - purple 6 - blacker purple

Cite this object as

Drawing, Crescent Moon above the Hudson River; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper; 12.3 × 22.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1092

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