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Drawing, Broken Columns, View from the Parthenon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, graphite on thin paperboard. 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

28.2 × 38.2 cm (11 1/8 × 15 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Broken Columns, View from the Parthenon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Greece; brush and oil paint, graphite on thin paperboard; 28.2 × 38.2 cm (11 1/8 × 15 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-573-c

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