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Drawing, Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy, April 1869

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil, graphite on off-white paperboard. 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

11.5 × 22.7 cm (4 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457c; verso center, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower center [not in artist's hand]: Presented 1917 / by Mr. Louis P. Church 560

Cite this object as

Drawing, Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy, April 1869; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Italy; brush and oil, graphite on off-white paperboard; 11.5 × 22.7 cm (4 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-331

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