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Drawing, Bavarian Alps at Sunset, 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 oil on tan paperboard. 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

21.2 × 20 cm (8 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower center: July /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bavarian Alps at Sunset, Germany; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil on tan paperboard; 21.2 × 20 cm (8 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-845

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