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Drawing, Portrait of Sleeping Man

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated Before 1917 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown 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

11.5 × 8.8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso, in graphite: "Later lower... (?) ill[uminated?]/rays of light."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Portrait of Sleeping Man; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown paper; 11.5 × 8.8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-302

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