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Drawing, Bluffs on a Riverbank near Terni, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 1868 and April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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 × 21.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Terni; in graphite, verso upper center: Pompeii; in graphite, verso center right: galleys / Paestum / Thistle Paestum; in graphite, verso lower left: Briers / Tree

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bluffs on a Riverbank near Terni, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12 × 21.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1264

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