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Drawing, Column and Entablature Fragments, Athens, April 1869

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-green 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

10.7 × 20.9 cm (4 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center right: white

Cite this object as

Drawing, Column and Entablature Fragments, Athens, April 1869; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 10.7 × 20.9 cm (4 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-577

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