Upper Aletsch Glacier with the Great Fusshorn, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Graphite, brush and white gouache on grey-buff paper, Horizontal study of the Aletsch Glacier across two sheets of paper (-a & -b). The sheet shows roughly two thirds of the view. The glacier is in the foreground against a backdrop of mountain slopes, with the high range in the rear. The Fusshorn rises in the left center, and the Rothhorn is in the center of the background. Notations throughout, including: 2's; Broken with rounded ledges / scattered trees, stones, etc.; Dark; trees; grey / gravel; gravel; Dirty ice; 2 greenish blue / cleal ial [?]; little black / dirt., Switzerland, August 27, 1868, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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Upper Aletsch Glacier, Great Fusshorn, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Graphite, brush, white gouache, grey-buff paper, Horizontal study, Aletsch Glacier across two sheets, paper, -a & -b, sheet, roughly two thirds, view, glacier, foreground, backdrop, mountain slopes, high range, rear, Fusshorn rises, left center, Rothhorn, center, background, Notations, 2's, Broken, rounded ledges, scattered trees, stones, etc, Dark, trees, grey, gravel, gravel, Dirty ice, 2 greenish blue, cleal ial, little black, dirt, Switzerland, August 27, 1868, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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