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Drawing, Cloud Studies with a Common Popular

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-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

Sheet: 25.8 x 38.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed at upper left: 1 lightish ragged and thin / 2 very dark; again, at center right: common popular; and again, at lower left: [crosshatching] blue sky. Verso: Inscribed at upper left: Oct 1844.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloud Studies with a Common Popular; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white paper; Sheet: 25.8 x 38.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1393

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