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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Mountains on the Road to Abtenau, Austria

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 5, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

21.8 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: green 2; in graphite, upper right: 2 - grey white; in graphite, center: warm / grey; in graphite, center right: 2 / snow; in graphite, lower right: Road to Abtenau / Aug 5th /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountains on the Road to Abtenau, Austria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; 21.8 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-309-a

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