Sketches of Narni, Italy
date: label: Date
content: October 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketches showing two stacked views of buildings on an abrupt hill in the town of Narni, Italy. Above, a complex of at least three buildings is situated on a rocky prominence. Below, a larger collection of structures is also situated on a wide stone foundation with two large arches atop a rocky hill.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed sketches from Narni, Italy, showing Albornoz Fortress, three figures, and trees. In the upper portion, a view of Albornoz Fortress is shown, with its prominent rectangular tower at right. In the middle section, a woman with a dress looks back over her shoulder at left, and at center, a figure is viewed from behind, and at right, a carriage driver is shown with whip in hand. In lower portion and oriented to the right, a grove of shaded trees is shown beside a loose sketch of an individual tree.
place: label: made in
content: Narni, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Narni, Italy
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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: 1917-4-1468
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 21.4 × 12 cm (8 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.)