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1942

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2016

2025

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Drawing, Sion, Looking East, Rhone Valley

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated August 1843 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite and white chalk on brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

18.6 × 22.6 cm (7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Sion - looking East / Rhone Valley; Verso: Inscribed in graphite: Sion, old church tower, looking West

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sion, Looking East, Rhone Valley; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite and white chalk on brown paper; 18.6 × 22.6 cm (7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-172

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