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Drawing, Rocky Mountaintops, Syria

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April or May 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

12.3 × 20.9 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Splendid / gold copper / rich / orange; in graphite, center left: grass / grass; in graphite, center: green gold / warm; in graphite, center right: delicious / silver grey / rich warm / gleaming; in graphite, lower left: Pinkish; in graphite, lower right: green & earth; in graphite, verso upper right: greenish / terraced / trees; in graphite, verso center: red; in graphite, verso lower left: continued above

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rocky Mountaintops, Syria; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.3 × 20.9 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-914

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