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Drawing, Rainbow over the Farm, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1866 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

11.8 × 21.8 cm (4 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: smoky yellowish / luminous; in graphite, upper right: very smokey orangey dark / open silvery / grey; in graphite, center left: red / orange / gree / warmy / ochrous; in graphite, center: warm brown soft / warm purplish / dark green lights; in graphite, center right: rich orange / pinky / grey luminous / purple; in graphite, lower left: July /66

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rainbow over the Farm, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.8 × 21.8 cm (4 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1098-b

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