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Drawing, Taconic Mountains near Clarendon Springs, Vermont, October 1873

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 1873 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan wove 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

11.5 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: white; lower left: Near Clarendon Springs, Vt / Oct 1873; lower center: green / red / sumac / grey rock; lower right: foreground; verso upper left: yel green around / moon; verso upper right: Bluish greenish grey / milky

Cite this object as

Drawing, Taconic Mountains near Clarendon Springs, Vermont, October 1873; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.5 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-990-b

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