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Drawing, A Group of Trees, Catskill, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1844 and November 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-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.

Its dimensions are

38.8 × 25.7 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center left: L.457c; verso lower left: L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center right: July 1844; lower center: green / moss / no bark; verso upper right: Nov 1844 / I think that these clouds might / be used with advantage in a / sky half an hour or so before / sunset

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Group of Trees, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 38.8 × 25.7 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-25

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