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Drawing, Studies of Gulls, Rocky Coast and Cloudy Sky, Great Manan, Canada
This is a drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1851 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown 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
Sheet: 29.8 x 37.2 cm (11 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite?, at top right: Recollection - spray rich with warm light / Island lowtoned glow - water dark (very) blue; and with figures at third row, left: 2 Blue sky / 3 dazzling white / 4 Dark blue shadow / 5 warm shadow-ru......(?) - with rich reflected lights / 6 warmish shadow; 1 1/2 Hours before sunset; and at bottom right in opposite direction: a beached and disintegrating ship, broken and submerged in the middle.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Studies of Gulls, Rocky Coast and Cloudy Sky, Great Manan, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Canada; graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown paper; Sheet: 29.8 x 37.2 cm (11 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-49
