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Drawing, Cabins near Belalp, Switzerland, September 3, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 3, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light gray 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: 11.7 x 20.5 cm (4 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower center, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Covered with chips black; in graphite, upper center: Stone roof yel grey; in graphite, center: yel smoke / rich / sienna brown; in graphite, lower right: Near Bel Alp, Sep 3 /68; in graphite, verso upper right: Delicious / Bt. sienna wood / and [brown?] sienna / [red?] purple; in graphite, verso lower center: Rock at bed of stream / wild / precipice; in graphite, verso lower right: grey / slate / shiny / brown / grey

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cabins near Belalp, Switzerland, September 3, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Switzerland; graphite on light gray paper; Sheet: 11.7 x 20.5 cm (4 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-165

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