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Drawing, Alpine Houses and Rocks, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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 × 20.6 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower left, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Stone hooks to hold spent / ends rich orange moss / on ledges; in graphite, center left: stucco; in graphite, center: irregular slates / orange / moss; in graphite, lower right: 2 / 2 / 2 / ...brown & / reddish / grey; in graphite, lower center: red

Cite this object as

Drawing, Alpine Houses and Rocks, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 12 × 20.6 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-905

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