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Drawing, Imaginary Lake Landscape with a Distant Mountain

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1870–80 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is pen and ink on white laid 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

9 × 11.3 cm (3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457c; in brown ink, verso center: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso lower left: Presented 1917 / by Mr L.P. Church 542

Cite this object as

Drawing, Imaginary Lake Landscape with a Distant Mountain; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; pen and ink on white laid paper; 9 × 11.3 cm (3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-542

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