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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 12, 1868 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

H x W: 22.1 × 24.6 cm (8 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in brown ink, verso center, L.457d; in black ink, verso upper center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: purple / sand / brown sand; in graphite, lower left: Brown whitish / Ponte Grande / Sep 12 /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; H x W: 22.1 × 24.6 cm (8 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-523

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