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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Church and a House in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 3, 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper. 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

27.3 × 21.8 cm (10 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: Berchtesgaden / July 3d /68

Cite this object as

Drawing, Church and a House in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany); Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; 27.3 × 21.8 cm (10 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-268

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