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Drawing, Spray from the Falls, Niagara

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856 or 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on light brown 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

27.4 × 45.5 cm (10 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: greyish / chocolate; in graphite, lower right: blue

Cite this object as

Drawing, Spray from the Falls, Niagara; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on light brown wove paper; 27.4 × 45.5 cm (10 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1301

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