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Drawing, Elm Tree, Hartford, Connecticut

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 1845 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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

17.9 × 21.4 cm (7 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower left, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Oct 1845; in graphite, verso upper right: English costume -1636- / Citizen wife Country woman

Cite this object as

Drawing, Elm Tree, Hartford, Connecticut; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 17.9 × 21.4 cm (7 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-742

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