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Buildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland
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Buildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · August 24, 1868 · Graphite on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of two buildings and a waterfall in or near Martigny, Switzerland. At upper center, a view of the Château de la Bâtiaz, with its tall, central, cylindrical stone tower surrounded by a lower wall, is shown perched atop a rugged prominence. A loose sketch of a small house built into a rocky cliffside situated at center, and distinguished from the other sketches by two horizontal dividing lines above and below it. At lower center and oppositely oriented, a small waterfall is loosely sketched.

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Credit lineBuildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland. August 24, 1868. Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Louis P. Church. CC0.

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