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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

Drawing, Niagara Falls, View from Goat Island

This is a drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 19, 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite 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

27.5 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed according to Rudolph Berliner, 1943: "Top of spray brown gold in sunlight"; "open sky"; "ice"; "green"; "cedars"; "...(/) shadow"; "white water"; "rock"; "snow". Caption: "Niagara" and the date.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Niagara Falls, View from Goat Island; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown paper.; 27.5 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-316-a

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