Drawing, Doric Greek Temples of Athena (formerly Ceres), Hera II (formerly Neptune), and Hera I (formerly Basilica), Paestum, Salerno, Italy

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 graphite on light brown wove paper. 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

Sheet: 54.6 x 30.1 cm (21 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite with color notations: at upper left, on columns: grey / black / orange brown / orange; again, at center left over Temple of Athena: grey; again, at center over Temple of Hera II: orange yellow / grey; again, at center right over Tmepl of Hera I: 2 / upper part grey / grey temple; again, at upper left: Temple to right; again, a lower left: distant temple decided grey / Middle temple - warm orange brown - / columns facing west <-----<< [arrow] are grey towards the bases / Rich green on slope of pediment - / Near Temple beautiful grey - But the neck of / columns under Capitals are of delicate warm orange brown; again, at lower center: briers / Hewnstones; again, at bottom center: 2 - pale lilac flowers / ground broken - gully in foreground with a few loose stones - earth blackish brown - many weeds - bushes & bricks - white open; again, at lower right: Paestum April 69

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