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Drawing, View from a Hill Top Looking at Bushes and the Sky

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on letter paper, with bluish impression of an esctucheon. 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: 17.8 x 16.5 cm (7 x 6 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite at various locations: brownish / rich green; and at bottom right: 2 Brilliant orange / green / 3 greeney / 4 yellowish blue / 5 splendid deep blue.

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from a Hill Top Looking at Bushes and the Sky; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on letter paper, with bluish impression of an esctucheon; Sheet: 17.8 x 16.5 cm (7 x 6 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-40-b

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