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Drawing, Base of the American Falls, Niagara
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856–58 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil paint and graphite on paperboard. 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
24.8 × 35.2 cm (9 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso lower center, L.457e
Cite this object as
Drawing, Base of the American Falls, Niagara; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil paint and graphite on paperboard; 24.8 × 35.2 cm (9 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-326-a
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.
