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Drawing, Clouds over a City in Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1868 - April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

8.7 × 11.8 cm (3 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: smoky brown; in graphite, center left: blue very; in graphite, center: gold / rich edge; in graphite, lower center: 2; in graphite, lower right: 2 - gold or.; in graphite, verso upper center: silvery / grey brown; in graphite, verso center left: laky faint; in graphite, center: gold glow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds over a City in Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 8.7 × 11.8 cm (3 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1501

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