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Drawing, Sunset over Distant Mountains

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 blue 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

13 × 22.1 cm (5 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: smoky orange; in graphite, lower center, bluer; in graphite, center: neut / warm / yel w

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset over Distant Mountains; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on blue wove paper; 13 × 22.1 cm (5 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1103-b

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