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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856 or 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan 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

45.6 × 30.9 cm (17 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: grass

Cite this object as

Drawing, Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper; 45.6 × 30.9 cm (17 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-993-c

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