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Drawing, Rainbow in the Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

12.2 × 20.8 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: grey; in graphite, upper right: 2 light streaks; in graphite, center: blue / red / B / 2; in graphite, lower right: bright / light rocks; in graphite, verso upper left: red / rich / laky / purple; in graphite, verso upper right: pale bluish purple / different shades / mourning / widow; in graphite, center left: saw in park; in graphite, verso center right: creamy / white / spinea; in graphite, verso lower center: yel / yel / white; in graphite, verso lower right: hair bells / purple / Berchtesgaden

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rainbow in the Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.2 × 20.8 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-372

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