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Drawing, Hilltop and Clouds

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1845-1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on paperboard backed in green. 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

22.3 × 30.3 cm (8 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in brown ink, verso center: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso lower center: Presented 1917 / by Mr. LP Church 407

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hilltop and Clouds; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard backed in green; 22.3 × 30.3 cm (8 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-407-a

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