Landscape near Sion, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: August 24-25, 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 oblique, loosely-rendered view of a tall, rocky mountain range in the Rhone Valley near Sion, Switzerland extending from right to left toward the horizon.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture and landscape sketches showing Valère Basilica and Tourbillon castle in Sion, Switzerland. In upper half, the massive, multi-tiered central building of the basilica is visible, with the tower of the medieval church of Notre-Dame-de-Valère. Below, the elongated stone wall and round tower of Tourbillon Castle are visible atop a rugged, barren hill.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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: 1917-4-1486
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 white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 12 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)