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Drawing, Cloud Sketch

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1850-1870 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on blue-grey 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

11.9 × 21.9 cm (4 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Blue / blue cirri / blue cirri; in graphite, upper right: blue / green (light) 2 / clouds; in graphite, lower left: 2 brilliant gold white / 3 - warmer / 4 smoky orange tinted; in graphite, lower right: 4 / dark greenish blue / neutral

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloud Sketch; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on blue-grey wove paper; 11.9 × 21.9 cm (4 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-387-c

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