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Drawing, American Falls Under a Cloudy Sky, Niagara Falls, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856 or 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and oxidized white gouache. 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

9.7 × 15.2 cm (3 13/16 in. × 6 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso upper right: 2 - gold edge brilliant; in graphite, center: silvery shadows / 2 / warm / silver gold; in graphite, verso center right: [glassy?] / smoky

Cite this object as

Drawing, American Falls Under a Cloudy Sky, Niagara Falls, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; verso: graphite and oxidized white gouache; 9.7 × 15.2 cm (3 13/16 in. × 6 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-150

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