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Drawing, Sketch of Tree Trunk over Boulder

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on pale green 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

12.1 × 21.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: charred black trunk / over light granite rock; center right: light

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketch of Tree Trunk over Boulder; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on pale green paper; 12.1 × 21.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1153

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