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Drawing, Study with Tree Tops, Trees, Five Designs of Plants, and a Distant Island

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1852–53 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray wove 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

Sheet: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at upper right: island; and below third tree, at bottom: about 20 or 30 feet high; and again below the fourth tree, at bottom: dead leaves / brownish yellow.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study with Tree Tops, Trees, Five Designs of Plants, and a Distant Island; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-130

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