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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Moonlight over the Bernese Alps, Belalp, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 28-31, 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

22.5 × 24.4 cm (8 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: Moonlight Bel Alp Aug /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Moonlight over the Bernese Alps, Belalp, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; 22.5 × 24.4 cm (8 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-936-a

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