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Drawing, Looking Southwest from Long Hill, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1863 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite and oxidized white gouache. 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

11.8 × 19.6 cm (4 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: blackish purple / purple cool and blurred; in graphite, upper right: 2 - Gold brilliant / 3 - orange / 4 - red and laky not vivid / grey blue sky; in graphite, center left: warm glow but blurred; in graphite, center: cool purple; in graphite, center right: 4; in graphite, lower left: Dark green purp; in graphite, lower right: Aug 1863

Cite this object as

Drawing, Looking Southwest from Long Hill, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite and oxidized white gouache; 11.8 × 19.6 cm (4 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1017

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