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Drawing, View of the Bernese Alps from Belalp, Switzerland, Part One

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-blue 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

44.2 × 30.1 cm (17 3/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: green / green; in graphite, lower left: Presented 1917 / by Mr. L.P. Church 509; in graphite, lower right: Sep 1st /68 / Two Parts

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of the Bernese Alps from Belalp, Switzerland, Part One; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Switzerland; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-blue wove paper; 44.2 × 30.1 cm (17 3/8 × 11 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-269-a

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