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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

Drawing, Petra from the Southwest

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated late February 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray 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

27.4 × 43.6 cm (10 13/16 × 17 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Written bottom right: 2 this mountain face red / Petra

Cite this object as

Drawing, Petra from the Southwest; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray paper; 27.4 × 43.6 cm (10 13/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-477

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