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Drawing, Champan Canoe, South America

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 or 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green 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

17.6 × 27.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

Cite this object as

Drawing, Champan Canoe, South America; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green paper; 17.6 × 27.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1343

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