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Drawing, Sketches of a Man's Head and Floating Iceberg, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June-July 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

17.8 × 11.4 cm (7 × 4 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center opposite direction: Petty Harbor - / Portugal Cove - / Pea Jacket overalls; in graphite, lower center: 5 / blue 3 / 4 purple / 3 - sky suffused with / smoky orange dusky warmth / 4 - red vessel / 5 smokey yel blue

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches of a Man's Head and Floating Iceberg, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 17.8 × 11.4 cm (7 × 4 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1058

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