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 one third of the view. The glacier is in the foreground against a backdrop of mountain slopes. Notations throughout, including: Trees; clear / stones in streaks; dirty but light / tolerably / smooth; clear; dirt; grey [?]. Verso: Small sketch with a mound in the rear, inscribed: Great glacier bed / light grey; Ice [?] dirty., 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, third, view, glacier, foreground, backdrop, mountain slopes, Notations, Trees, clear, stones, streaks, dirty, light, tolerably, smooth, clear, dirt, grey, Verso, Small sketch, mound, rear, inscribed, Great glacier bed, light grey, Ice, dirty, August 27, 1868, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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