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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Shaking Hands and a Gnarled Tree Trunk, Catskill, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white 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

25.7 × 38.7 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, upper left: L.457c; verso upper right: L.457d; in brown ink, verso upper right: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: September 1844 / white cedar; lower center: black black / dark / black / black black

Cite this object as

Drawing, Shaking Hands and a Gnarled Tree Trunk, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; 25.7 × 38.7 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-605

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