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Drawing, Cloud Studies

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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

17.5 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, with color notations throughout: old style / smoke; blurred green; bright; dark purp; light yel. green; lower hald inclined to green; 4 Palish copper; 2 pale brilliant orange; 3 gold streaks

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloud Studies; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on paper; 17.5 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1522

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