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Drawing, Cascade near the Königssee, Germany

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 2, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on blue laid 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

21.6 × 12 cm (8 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center right: umbre / green; in graphite, verso upper left: August 2d; in graphite, verso center left: Thick slates / roughly lapped / on roof; in graphite, verso cetner: village at foot of rocky mount / Rhone Valley; in graphite, verso lower left: greyish / rocks / rock /grey & brown

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cascade near the Königssee, Germany; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on blue laid paper; verso: graphite; 21.6 × 12 cm (8 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1185

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