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Drawing, Mixed Sketches along the Danube

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 9-17, 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

21.1 × 12.3 cm (8 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Bosphorus / ship made into / House / Danube; in graphite, center right: Danube / near - Vidden; in graphite, lower right: on Danube

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mixed Sketches along the Danube; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 21.1 × 12.3 cm (8 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1457

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