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Drawing, Niagara Falls from Terrapin Point, March 20, 1856
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 20, 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-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: 31 x 45.4 cm (12 3/16 x 17 7/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 44.8 x 60.3 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, at lower right corner: Moonlight / Niagara March 20-. 56; at upper center: luminous sky / clouds warm; at upper right quadrant: warm lightish mist; at center right: red / white yel[ow] / blue / creamy white / in shadow; at lower center: 2 - very dark transparent neutral; and again, at left of center 2 / 2 / 2 /.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Niagara Falls from Terrapin Point, March 20, 1856; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; Sheet: 31 x 45.4 cm (12 3/16 x 17 7/8 in.) Frame H x W x D: 44.8 x 60.3 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-316-c
