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Drawing, Mixed Sketches with Chimneys and Waterfall, Berchtesgaden, Germany

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

12.2 × 20.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: July; in graphite, verso lower center: Berchtesgaden / July; in graphite, verso lower right: grey bark / rich brown black / branches / light green yellowish / and very thin foliage

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mixed Sketches with Chimneys and Waterfall, Berchtesgaden, Germany; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.2 × 20.7 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-549

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