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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, View of the Bernese Alps from Belalp, Switzerland, Part Two, September 1, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-blue wove 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

44.2 × 30 cm (17 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: green; in graphite, center right: blue / Beautiful rich golden brown light / light / grey; in graphite, lower center: Profound / Sep 1st /68 Two Parts

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of the Bernese Alps from Belalp, Switzerland, Part Two, September 1, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Switzerland; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-blue wove paper; 44.2 × 30 cm (17 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-269-b

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