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Drawing, Sailboat and Crashing Wave

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1845 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove 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.

  • Immigrant Brooch
  • recycled tin, painted fabric, nickel silver, stainless steel wire, elastic....
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-59

Its dimensions are

11.9 × 18.9 cm (4 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso upper right: June 1845

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sailboat and Crashing Wave; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.9 × 18.9 cm (4 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1424

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