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Drawing, Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1851 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on brown 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: 33.7 x 45.2 cm (13 1/4 x 17 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite ?, at bottom with Caption and date; the South direction is indicated.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island, Canada ; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Canada; graphite, brush and white gouache on brown paper; Sheet: 33.7 x 45.2 cm (13 1/4 x 17 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-43

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