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Drawing, Rocks at the Coast, Grand Manan Island, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 2, 1851 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on light tan 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

31.7 x 44 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: F Johannot, with impressed stamp; Cooper Union stamp in brown, lower center verso: Lugt 457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Sep 2d. 1851/Half Tide - Flood

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rocks at the Coast, Grand Manan Island, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on light tan paper; 31.7 x 44 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-398-a

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