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  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Clouds

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1848 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown wove 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

12.7 × 29.1 cm (5 × 11 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Sep 1848 / Elm; in graphite, verso upper center: Sheep in a meadow distance / about 8th of a mile - heads lightest with / dark shadow under ear - faces narrow; in graphite, verso center: Sep 1848

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; 12.7 × 29.1 cm (5 × 11 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-953

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