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Drawing, Coastline near Foggia, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 28, 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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

12.5 × 17.3 cm (4 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: sun [arrow pointing left]; in graphite, upper center: yellow / flowers; in graphite, upper right: fine blue & clouds; in graphite, center: faint smoky / brown / sea / green brown / orange yellow green / deep green / ploughed grey (shadows) brown / patches of green; in graphite, center right: grey blue mountains / smoke; in graphite, lower center: quantities of showy yellow flowers great / red poppies; in graphite, lower right: Near Foggia / April 28th /69

Cite this object as

Drawing, Coastline near Foggia, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 12.5 × 17.3 cm (4 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1116

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