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Drawing, Cascade between Macugnaga and Ceppo Morelli, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 12, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on beige 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

40.1 × 24.2 cm (15 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: grass / 2 / 2 grass; in graphite, center right: 2 - olive green pale; in graphite, lower center: Sep. 12th /68 / Between Macugnaga and Ceppo Morelli

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cascade between Macugnaga and Ceppo Morelli, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on beige wove paper; 40.1 × 24.2 cm (15 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-519

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