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Drawing, Evergreen Tree Near the Shore with a Detail of the Lighthouse and a House, Mount Desert, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1850 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is black and white crayon on light olivish 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: 16.5 x 27.5 cm (6 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at upper right: Top of tree one mass of light [ inserted above the line] green cones / Aug 1850 / Mt Desert; and again with pencil scratching diagonally across upper right corner.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Evergreen Tree Near the Shore with a Detail of the Lighthouse and a House, Mount Desert, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; black and white crayon on light olivish paper; Sheet: 16.5 x 27.5 cm (6 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-16

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