Drawing, Rainbows in a Thunderstorm, Part One

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

12.2 × 21.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 3 open sky cold greenish / Bow very rich subdued / glow; in graphite, center left: Browner / grey lighter / grey / dark / 3 3 silver / grey / rich / golden brown / flattened [?] with gleaming / rocks / rich laky glow; in graphite, center: 4 Darker 5 / open; in graphite, center right: greenish / 2; in graphite, lower left: red fields; in graphite, lower center: rich light; in graphite, lower right: 2 like fire / 4 - yellower than 5; in graphite, verso upper left: 2 / 2; in graphite, verso upper center: 2; in graphite, verso center left: lightning / greyer; in graphite, verso center: smoky orange; in graphite, verso center right: Splendid / glow but subdued; in graphite, verso lower left: [struckout: part] / same as / preceding page; in graphite, verso lower center: 2 blue grey; in graphite, verso lower right: soft / grey

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