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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Twilight Sketch

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853-1900 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white wove 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

17.7 × 25.4 cm (6 15/16 × 10 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: purpler blue; in graphite, upper center: smoky purple black / orange; in graphite, center left: bluer / greener / whiter cleaner / Dusky yellow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Twilight Sketch; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; 17.7 × 25.4 cm (6 15/16 × 10 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-829

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