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Drawing, Trees on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

14.9 × 9.7 cm (5 7/8 × 3 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: G. Island / Sep /58

Cite this object as

Drawing, Trees on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green laid paper; 14.9 × 9.7 cm (5 7/8 × 3 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1302-a

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