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Drawing, Great Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 31, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite. 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

11.8 × 20.9 cm (4 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Blue sky; in graphite, center: beautiful tint / 2 / 2 / 2; in graphite, center left: brown / & green; in graphite, lower left: ashy grey / 2 - Edge of warm light brown; in graphite, verso upper left: Bel Alp Hotel / Aug 31 /68; in graphite, verso center left: snow; in graphite, verso center: grey / grey

Cite this object as

Drawing, Great Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite; 11.8 × 20.9 cm (4 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-546

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