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Drawing, Sketches from Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated November 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

16.8 × 23 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: purplish orange shadows / mingled-; in graphite, upper center: rich mixed / orange pale; in graphite, center left: grey / rosy; in graphite, center: white yel / pinker / green blue / transparent / orange / glow / brown / greyer; in graphite, loewr center: dark blue / white yel; in graphite, verso upper left: 1[---] / [---] / 20 / 7 / 197 / glow; in graphite, verso center: green / glow / rich lake / orange glow / purple grey; in graphite, lower right: yel / building / Rome Nov 1868

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches from Rome, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite; 16.8 × 23 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-891

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