This and 276 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Scraps and Sketches by Frederick [sic] S. Church vol. II.

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Ephemera, Christmas Morning: A Hundred Fathoms Deep

This is a Ephemera. It was created by Frederick Stuart Church and collected by Dr. Dudley Tenney and published by Harper & Bros.. It is dated 1888 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower left: F. S. Church

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower margin: Poem telling how a little girl dropped her xmas presents overboard / the ship that the little mermaids might get them

Cite this object as

Ephemera, Christmas Morning: A Hundred Fathoms Deep; Frederick Stuart Church (American, 1842–1924); Collected by Dr. Dudley Tenney (New York City); Published by Harper & Bros.; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1070-461

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