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Drawing, Valère Basilica, Sion, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 25, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove 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

12.8 × 8.6 cm (5 1/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center right: lilac / Sion; in graphite, lower left: snow; in graphite, verso center: 3 / 4 3 4 3 / 5 2 5; in graphite, verso lower center: 2 delicious liquid [struckout: orange] red / 3 - Dark grey / 4 - low toned pink not so luminous / as 2 - 5 - clear golden blue & green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Valère Basilica, Sion, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.8 × 8.6 cm (5 1/16 × 3 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1498

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