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Object Timeline

1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, View from Belalp, Switzerland, Part Two

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 28, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite, brush and white gouache. 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

30.1 × 27.2 cm (11 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso lower center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: rich velvety brown; center: forests / streaked with / rock & forest / forest / green / rich broken / rock / all colors / purple / grey; center right: patched with wood / wood / mostly green clear / patches [?] / river greenish; lower left: green / black; lower center: black lichens on grey rock / rich berry bushes &c / Bel Alp Aug 28th / Three parts / 3d part on teh reverse side; verso upper center: Rich orange / brown / grass; verso lower center: Bel Alp Aug 28th / 3 parts

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from Belalp, Switzerland, Part Two; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite, brush and white gouache; 30.1 × 27.2 cm (11 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-892-b

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