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Drawing, Autumn Mountains, Hot Springs, North Carolina

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September–October 1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil, graphite on 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

22.8 × 26.3 cm (9 × 10 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower right: N. Carolina

Cite this object as

Drawing, Autumn Mountains, Hot Springs, North Carolina; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, graphite on paperboard; 22.8 × 26.3 cm (9 × 10 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-663-a

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