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Drawing, Table Sketches, Florence, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

12 × 21 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left; Too thick / 2 gold / 2; in graphite, center: Portion of table inlaid wood / in Academy of Fine Arts / Florence / red; in graphite, lower left: 2 / 2; in graphite, lower center: top; in graphite, verso center left: Green paper / covered with dust; in graphite, verso center right: Greenish hazy / back green / warm yellow clove like / lights / mysterious effect

Cite this object as

Drawing, Table Sketches, Florence, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12 × 21 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1471

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