Little Church near Bel Alp, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of a small church in the village of Belalp, Switzerland. Perched on the slopes of the Bernese Alps by the Rhone Valley, the church is situated on a curving, uneven prominence. The building itself has white walls, two windows facing the viewer, a shingled roof, and a narrow conical belltower--visible at center. In the background at left and right, the sharp, snow-strewn peaks of nearby alps peek up over the ridge.
place: label: made in
content: Belalp, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Belalp, Bernese Alps, 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: 1917-4-442
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 laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.4 × 30.1 cm (8 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.)