Aletsch Glacier, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: August 27, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing an oblique view of the Aletsch Glacier near Belalp, Switzerland, and the surrounding mountain ridges. At center, the rocky ridge upon which the artist stands extends directly into the distance. At right, the undulating, icy furrows of the slowly flowing glacier are rendered in white gouache. A nearby snowfield, or possibly another glacier, is visible at left. In the background at left and right, two rugged mountain peaks are shown.
place: label: place depicted
content: Switzerland
label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-499-a
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 and white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.3 × 38.1 cm (10 3/4 in. × 15 in.)