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Drawing, Cloud Studies with Setting Sun

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August and September 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

25.6 × 38.7 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

No stamp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: upper left, 1 dark orange purple with broad masses of orange light / 2 light fleecy stringy clouds, yellow and light / 3 red sun ray; upper right, Aug 1844; upper right verso, Sep 1844.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloud Studies with Setting Sun; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white paper; 25.6 × 38.7 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1392

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