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Drawing, Mountain Pass, Lebanon

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green 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

12.3 × 21.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: blue sea / red; in graphite, upper right: April; in graphite, center: trees / grey; in graphite, lower right: Dotted with trees / grey; in graphite, lower left: Stony / Patches of trees / scattered trees / grey rock generally / beautiful gleams of color, bt sienna & yellow / green terraces - [---]; in graphite, lower center: orb; in graphite, lower right: reddish; in graphite, verso uppre center: snow; in graphite, verso center left: rock: in graphite, verso center: 3 / 2 2; in graphite, verso center right: green; in graphite, verso lower center: green; in graphite, verso lower right: 2 - Road red salmon / 3 - yel brown

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountain Pass, Lebanon; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.3 × 21.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-929

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