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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Ledge near the Whirlpool, Niagara Falls

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 and white gouache on light brown wove 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

23 × 31 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: near [written over: at] Whirlpool Niag- / Sep 1858

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ledge near the Whirlpool, Niagara Falls; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper; 23 × 31 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-55-c

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