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Drawing, Floating Icebergs near St. Lewis Bay, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 13 and 14, 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on 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

27.4 × 45.3 cm (10 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: July [overwritten:12] 13; in graphite, upper right: July [overwritten: 13] 14

Cite this object as

Drawing, Floating Icebergs near St. Lewis Bay, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on brown paper; 27.4 × 45.3 cm (10 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-297-b

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