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Drawing, Figure Sketches with Dogs, Port Said, Egypt

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 6-10, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: red / blue; in graphite, upper right: yel brown / black / yel / brown / white / belt / blue pantaloons; in graphite, center: dark / pink; in graphite, verso upper left: white / red / Dark / blue; in graphite, verso upper center: red / blue jacket / white; in graphite, verso lower center: Breakwater at Suez Canal / Port Said

Cite this object as

Drawing, Figure Sketches with Dogs, Port Said, Egypt; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-38

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