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Drawing, Sunset across the Hudson Valley, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1870 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cream paperboard. 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

32.2 x 35.2 cm (12 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset across the Hudson Valley, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cream paperboard; 32.2 x 35.2 cm (12 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.) ; Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-582-c

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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