Simplon Pass, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: September 3-4, 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 a view of the Simplon Pass in Switzerland and is sheer cliff walls. In foreground at center, a steep, craggy slope descends to the valley floor at lower right, where a stream curves around its embankment. Another rock wall in the middle distance at right frames a view of a far-off cliff face, visible at center.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose landscape sketches showing two oppositely-oriented views of mountains and valleys. At left, the peak of a snowcapped mountain is visible, while, at right, an unclear rocky landscape is sketched.
place: label: made in
content: Switzerland
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-1465
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 tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 21 × 12 cm (8 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)