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Drawing, Cloudy sky over valley (Maine?)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July or September 1860 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

10.8 × 19 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: red laky / red / red / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 5; in graphite, lower left: cool / purple / purple; in graphite, lower right: cloud dusky / greenish / 2 - smoky gold / 3 - more orange / 4 - redder - brandy / 5 - Dazzling gold line

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloudy sky over valley (Maine?); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 10.8 × 19 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-968-b

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