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Drawing, Flowering Plant and Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated possibly 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite. 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

9.6 × 15.6 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: yellow flower / Laky red stem / Niagara; in graphite, verso center: light / shadow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Flowering Plant and Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite; 9.6 × 15.6 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-124

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