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Drawing, Tree with Two Trunks, July 1844

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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

Sheet: 38.8 x 25.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto: Dated in graphite horizontally, at bottom right: July 1844 Verso: Inscribed with figures in graphite, and also: blue/warm; and at top left: 1 purple lighted up with 2 golden / 3 ragged with a red and orange light/ No. 4 very little lighted generally an indescribable color; and dated, at top right: Nov. 1844

Cite this object as

Drawing, Tree with Two Trunks, July 1844; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on paper.; Sheet: 38.8 x 25.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.) Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-4

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