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Drawing, Panorama of London, United Kingdom, Part Two

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 15, 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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

12.5 × 16.9 cm (4 15/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 - Red; in graphite, center: yellow / 2 2 / 2; in graphite, lower left: London; in graphite, lower center: green; in graphite, lower right: over; in graphite, verso upper left: Effect of the sky &c / at London; in graphite, upper center: 3; in graphite, upper right: 4; in graphite, center: 2 / 5 / 6; in graphite, lower center: 5 - smoky warm inclining to purple / 6 - foliage gren green outlines well / marked nearer trees / brownish with silvery edges; in graphite, verso lower right: 2 - smoky yellowish blue / 3 - clearer blue / 4 cloud orange / brown lumin[ous] / grass very rich green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Panorama of London, United Kingdom, Part Two; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.5 × 16.9 cm (4 15/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1514

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