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Drawing, Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part Two, September 1877

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1877 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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

26.9 × 44.5 cm (10 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: center right: Brown / green; in graphite, lower center: rocks / and bushes; in graphite, verso upper left: No 10 / B; in graphite, verso upper left [not Church's hand]: Kt. Great Basin / Mr. Church

Cite this object as

Drawing, Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part Two, September 1877; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green paper; 26.9 × 44.5 cm (10 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-608-b

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