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Drawing, Looking Southwest over the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1860 - 1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache on grey-green wove 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

11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: rich blue / cool blue sky; in graphite, upper right: 2 low toned laky orange / 3 - toned smoky yellow (green) / 4 - lights orange red; in graphite, center: 4 / 3 / H / 2; in graphite, center right: very rich / 3; in graphite, lower left: grey purp; in graphite, lower right: cool purple blue

Cite this object as

Drawing, Looking Southwest over the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and oxidized white gouache on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 19.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1029

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