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Drawing, Streeke Pond, Catskill, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 1845 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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

11.9 × 19.6 cm (4 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: "Strakie" Feby 1845; in graphite, upper right: The length of the / pond ([arrow pointing up]) is much greater than / I have represented; in graphite, lower left: water and ice [arrow pointing up]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Streeke Pond, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 11.9 × 19.6 cm (4 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-997-c

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