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Drawing, Acropolis at Corinth, Greece
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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
12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c
It is inscribed
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, at top right: 2 Rich green / 3 Brownish grey / 4 Broken with green / and various shades of / brown; and with figures and "reddish" at various locations; and again at bottom right: Acropolis at Corinth / [the date and] over. Verso: Inscribed in graphite at various locations: brown; and at bottom: greenish / near Cephalonia / [the date] / 2 Dark rich Bt sienna / 3 lighter with red streaks / 4 greyer / 5 Brilliant white, delicate luminous shadows [line beneath]. Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 - Rich green / 3 - Brownish grey / 4 - Brown with green / and various shades of brown some very light
Cite this object as
Drawing, Acropolis at Corinth, Greece; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Greece; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-166
