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Drawing, Cloud studies above a rolling landscape
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August and October 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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
25.7 × 38.7 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
No stamp
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite: top margin, 1 sun obscured with a misty atmosphere (yellow brilliant) / 2 softened off into an orange / 3 a warm indescribable color softening off by degrees where the dots . . . . are, into the blue sky 5 / 6 An exceedingly beautiful thin fleecy cloud yellowish and bright (golden) / 7 red / 8 streaky; upper right, H; bottom right, Aug 1844; verso center middle, Oct 1844
Cite this object as
Drawing, Cloud studies above a rolling landscape; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white paper; 25.7 × 38.7 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1390
