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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Woodland Scene at Sunset

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated probably 1847 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite and 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

15.9 × 24 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso upper center: 3 3; in graphite, verso center: 2 2; in graphite, verso lower center: 2 - These clouds are gradually broken into groups of cirri as -3-; in graphite, right margin: 2000 / 10000 / 1800 / 5 / 10[--] / 100 / [horizontal line] / 100 [---]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Woodland Scene at Sunset; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite and gouache; 15.9 × 24 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1156

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