Drawing, Patmos at Sunset, Greece

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 29, 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

12.4 × 21.1 cm (4 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 5 / 3; in graphite, center left: 4 / 4; in graphite, center: 2 4; in graphite, center right: 3 / 6 / 2; in graphite, lower left: Patmos at Sunset / May 29th /68; in graphite, upper right: 6 / 3 - deep gold / 4 - laky orange merging into / laky tints [struckout: light] at left / 5 - smoky yellow / 6 - water steely grey excepting / under the golden glow and reflected sun; in graphite, verso upper right: Twilight effect; in graphite, verso center: greenish / smoky / 2 / 3 / sea; in graphite, verso center right: 2 - rich luminous / yet quiet red - / 3 - brownish / All clouds above 2 / illuminated - / water silvery grey -

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