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Drawing, The Castle at Salzburg, 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard. 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

32.5 × 50.5 cm (12 13/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Bottom: two squares of yellow. Written with pencil over the right one upon the whitish grounding color: "oil mix . jades (?) / Lem yel".

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Castle at Salzburg, 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard; 32.5 × 50.5 cm (12 13/16 × 19 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-303-a

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