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Drawing, Architectural Sketches, Birmingham, United Kingdom

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is pen and ink on tan gridded laid 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

18.5 × 12.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in ink, center: Birmingham; in ink, lower right: Broken Bricks / built in rough / stone wall

Cite this object as

Drawing, Architectural Sketches, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; pen and ink on tan gridded laid paper; 18.5 × 12.2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1493

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