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Drawing, Studies. The Niagara Falls.

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated probably 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray wove 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: 28.7 x 45.8 cm (11 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at upper right: 2 Distant shore contracted 1 1/2 inches; again at lower center: oak; and again, at lower left: Dry grass

Cite this object as

Drawing, Studies. The Niagara Falls.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; Sheet: 28.7 x 45.8 cm (11 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-54-b

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