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Drawing, Twilight over Cat Harbour, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June or July 1, 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on 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

16.5 × 26.8 cm (6 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso center: Cat - Harbor / June /59

Cite this object as

Drawing, Twilight over Cat Harbour, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 16.5 × 26.8 cm (6 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-831

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