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Drawing, Flora Studies

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 6, 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green 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

11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: see next page; upper center: Vermont / Oct 6th /65; upper right: soft wooley / yel green; center left: 2 / 2; center: grows in bunches; center right: red / dead leaves / warm brown grey / stem red; lower left: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / Delicate foliage - Willow yel green / 2 - Virginia Creeper dazzling lake red; lower right: water

Cite this object as

Drawing, Flora Studies; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1134

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