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Drawing, Corner Tower at Tourbillon Castle, Sion, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 25, 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

12.3 × 8.6 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Shaded parts / blue grey / other parts / rich warm / yellow brown / lights; in graphite, center: grey / yellow; in graphite, lower right: Dark / vandyke brown / rock white grey / lichens; in graphite, verso lower right: Home at Sion, Switzerland

Cite this object as

Drawing, Corner Tower at Tourbillon Castle, Sion, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.3 × 8.6 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-965

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