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Drawing, Castle at Moonlight

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, white crayon on grey-brown 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

11.3 × 18.9 cm (4 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 5 orange & yellow light / 6 beau[?] blue 2 - red heat / 3 - purple / 4 grey purple / red light; along right edge: morning view

Cite this object as

Drawing, Castle at Moonlight; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, white crayon on grey-brown paper; 11.3 × 18.9 cm (4 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-545

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