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Drawing, Figure Sketches and a Cart, Switzerland

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove 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 × 8.6 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: grey / red; in graphite, center left: grey red / trimming / white socks; in graphite, center: red cap / blue; in graphite, center right: 2; in graphite, lower right: 2 Blue / green / pale / 3 red; in graphite, verso upper left: crowd - black flesh tint / and grey spots and colors (red) / Remember clouds of lime / lime; in graphite, verso lower left: sandy / red / boy with / wig

Cite this object as

Drawing, Figure Sketches and a Cart, Switzerland; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 12.1 × 8.6 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1487

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