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Drawing, Ferns, North Conway, New Hampshire, August 1854

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated August 1854 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is 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.

Its dimensions are

25.6 × 35.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: N. Conway Aug 54. / 2 kinds of brake[?] - turns to / rich yellow brown = / stems dark; lower center: stems light -; upper left: traced from / a bit of young / fern -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ferns, North Conway, New Hampshire, August 1854; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite on paper; 25.6 × 35.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-469

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