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Drawing, Parthenon and Erectheion, Athens

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on green-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

30.2 × 54.8 cm (11 7/8 × 21 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite with numbers at various locations; again, at upper right: 2- blue sky / 3- sunlight on stone;again, at center upper right: blue; again, at center left: green / green (blocks) / rock; again, at center: green / rock in steps / warm / grass; again, at lower right: 4- bricks / 5- granite; and again, at bottom center: April / 69

Cite this object as

Drawing, Parthenon and Erectheion, Athens; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Greece; graphite on green-gray paper; 30.2 × 54.8 cm (11 7/8 × 21 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-325

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