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Drawing, Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated January 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: light; in graphite, lower center: Darker / silver; in graphite, lower right: moon light / sky golden milky; in graphite, verso upper right: Jan 1868; in graphite, verso center: Boats with Blocks of cement for canal breakwater / Suez -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Egypt; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-72

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