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Drawing, Street of the Knights, Corfu, Greece

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 29, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan laid 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

21 × 12.3 cm (8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower right, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center right: Street of the Knights / Rhodes; in graphite, lower left: window in / street of Knights / Rhodes / May /29th /68; in graphite, verso upper right: May; in graphite, verso lower right: Snow mountain range on coast of Turkey / between Cyprus & Rhodes / May 28th /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Street of the Knights, Corfu, Greece; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite; 21 × 12.3 cm (8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-688

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