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Drawing, Cloud Study and Figure Sketch

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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

13.8 × 14.5 cm (5 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Cecrops; additional color notations, left: blue; white; soft green; brown. Verso: Inscribed: sketches

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloud Study and Figure Sketch; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on paper; 13.8 × 14.5 cm (5 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1523

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