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1917

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Niagara River Gorge

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856 or 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on buff 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

27 x 45.8 cm (10 5/8 x 18 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ? ink, at lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Stamp Verso: Cooper Union stamp, at center.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Niagara River Gorge; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on buff wove paper.; 27 x 45.8 cm (10 5/8 x 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-170

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