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Drawing, Moon Rising over the Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, Maine, probably 1860

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated probably 1860 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil on paperboard. 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

14.1 × 30.3 cm (5 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in brown ink, verso center, L.457e Embossed stamp by paper manufacturer, upper right: E.B. divided by a caduceus

Cite this object as

Drawing, Moon Rising over the Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, Maine, probably 1860; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil on paperboard; 14.1 × 30.3 cm (5 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1355

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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