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Drawing, Cloud Sketch, Hudson, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated possibly 1873 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white 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 × 19.6 cm (4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper center: warm neut / blue; verso center: green / orange / red; verso lower margin: Clouds and mountains equally dark

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloud Sketch, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.5 × 19.6 cm (4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-991-b

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