Architecture and Figure Sketches, Thun, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: August 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture and figure sketches near Thun, Switzerland. In upper half, a castle complex with towers and high walls is shown perched atop a rocky ledge. In lower half, two views of a tall, square building with four pointed towers on its corners is included. Along lower margin, several figures are shown: a standing man and kneeling woman at right, a woman holding an infant at center, and a man's head in profile at lower left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of sharp, alpine mountains enclosing a long lake that extends from foregound into the background. The structures of two towns or villages are visible along the shore in foreground at right and middle distance at center. Along upper margin, sketches of a church's dark silhouette, a waterfall, and a decorated chimney are also included.
place: label: made in
content: Thun, Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Thun, Switzerland
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-1197
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 21.1 × 12.2 cm (8 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)