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Drawing, Horseshoe Falls and Table Rock, Niagara River

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856–57 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on green 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

Sheet: 15.3 x 9.6 cm (6 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Horseshoe Falls and Table Rock, Niagara River; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on green paper; Sheet: 15.3 x 9.6 cm (6 x 3 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-146-a

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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