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Drawing, Clouds at Sunset over Rome, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 1869 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

12.1 × 21.2 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Rome Feb /69; in graphite, center: laky reflections / purple shadows / blood red / 2 / red / red; in graphite, lower center: rich; in graphite, lower right: 2 - soft from edges / laky purple shadow; in graphite, verso center left: silvery green; in graphite, verso center: yel / red yel glow / yel / brown weeds

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds at Sunset over Rome, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.1 × 21.2 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-927

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