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Drawing, Italian Coast, off Straits of Messina

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 brush and oil on cardboard. 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

Image: 19.9 x 25.6 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

It is inscribed

In pencil caption written on verso: "Messina looking towards/ Italy"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Italian Coast, off Straits of Messina; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Italy; brush and oil on cardboard; Image: 19.9 x 25.6 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-757

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