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Drawing, Study for "Rainy Season in the Tropics"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1865–66 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white notepad paper ruled in blue ink.. 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

13.4 × 20.6 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink: lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink: verso upper left, Frederick [reversed, to be read in mirror]; verso lower left; My dear Isabel [reversed, to be read in mirror]; verso upper right, My dear [graphite]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Rainy Season in the Tropics"; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white notepad paper ruled in blue ink.; 13.4 × 20.6 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-771

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