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Drawing, Botanical Sketches, May 1857

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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

10.8 × 18.1 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamp in black ink (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: white flowers; upper right: 2 pinkish white / 3 Blackberry very bright / red stems / 4 Like cucumber / caruba [?] rose color; lower right: Templado, cool / May

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches, May 1857; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on paper; 10.8 × 18.1 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-835-a

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