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Drawing, Buildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 24, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown 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
21 × 12.1 cm (8 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Martigny / Aug 24 /68; center right: House / built into / rock - walls / & vines; lower left: Lovely cascade / rich green and / siena moss / raining with water; lower center: moss / moss; verso upper right: rock cropping out / of slate / perpendicular; verso center: Bare slate color of paper / sparse / green / scattered / trees / Trees / Trees / Trees; verso lower right: yellowish scattered trees / grey / Near Sion / Aug 24 /68
Cite this object as
Drawing, Buildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite; 21 × 12.1 cm (8 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1182
