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Drawing, Buildings and Boats 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. 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

21.3 × 12.4 cm (8 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: plaster; in graphite, verso upper center: on Danube; in graphite, verso upper left: red; in graphite, verso center right: grey / red / red

Cite this object as

Drawing, Buildings and Boats along the Danube; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; 21.3 × 12.4 cm (8 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1458

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