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Drawing, Summit with Billowing Clouds

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August - September, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan laid 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

11.9 × 20.9 cm (4 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Note / Remember red and / orange Huckle berry bushes; in graphite, center right: splendid deep blue / sun; in graphite, lower center: grass rich brown green; in graphite, verso upper left: bluer / smokey / pink pervading sky; in graphite, verso center: rosy / quiet / brown; in graphite, verso lower left: Moon soft yellow; in graphite, verso lower center: remember cool white snow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Summit with Billowing Clouds; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; 11.9 × 20.9 cm (4 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-922

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