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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1845 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is pen and brown ink, over graphite on off-white 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

11.5 × 17.4 cm (4 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; pen and brown ink, over graphite on off-white paper; 11.5 × 17.4 cm (4 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-723

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