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Drawing, Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on tan 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

29.5 × 44.5 cm (11 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center right, L.457d

Cite this object as

Drawing, Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on tan paperboard; 29.5 × 44.5 cm (11 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-766-a

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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