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Drawing, Sketches around Berchtesgaden, Germany

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 3, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green 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

21.2 × 12.2 cm (8 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: rich moss; in graphite, verso upper right: steely blue; in graphite, verso center right: brownish / green; in graphite, center right: green / ashes of [R--]; in graphite, lower center: Dark / Berchtesgaden / July 3d /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches around Berchtesgaden, Germany; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 21.2 × 12.2 cm (8 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1265

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