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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Rockface near Belalp, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 28, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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

27.5 × 30.1 cm (10 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: woodes; in graphite, lower left: gravel / sand / fields & c / scattered trees; in graphite, lower right: Near Bel Alp / Aug 28 / 68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rockface near Belalp, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 27.5 × 30.1 cm (10 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-504

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