Gorge between Ceppo Morelli and Macugnaga, Italy
date: label: Date
content: September 11–12, 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 a deep gorge between the towns of Macugnaga and Ceppo Morelli in the valley of the Anza River (Valle Anzasca) in northern Italy. At center, the Anza River flows forward at the base of a steep gorge with vertical walls. An elevated wooden walkway is affixed to the mountainside at left and curves into the distance with it. Another steep, partially wooded mountainside at right frames the scene. In the background, dramatic and wooded mountainsides as they recede into the distance. At upper center and upper right, two snowy peaks are visible.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-521
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, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper
label: Dimensions
content: 44.2 × 30 cm (17 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)