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Drawing, River and Mountain Peaks, Berchtesgaden, Germany

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove 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

12.3 × 20.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: water - / shadow dark purp blue / lights milky greenish grey / yellowish where shallow; in graphite, lower center: July /68; in graphite, verso lower left: Konigsee

Cite this object as

Drawing, River and Mountain Peaks, Berchtesgaden, Germany; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.3 × 20.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-564

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