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Drawing, Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part One

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 on grey-green 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

27.1 × 44.4 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: chocolate color / lake; in graphite, lower left: light chocolate colored sand / Sep. 1877 Ktaadn; in graphite, verso upper right: No 9 / - A -; in graphite, verso upper right [not in Church's hand]: Mr. Church / Ktaadn Great Basin

Cite this object as

Drawing, Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part One; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; 27.1 × 44.4 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-623

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