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Drawing, Moonlight Rainbow over Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, New York
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 20, 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan 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
31.3 × 45.4 cm (12 5/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso lower center, L.457e
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: luminous sky / clouds warm; in graphite, upper right: warm lightish mist; in graphite, center: 2 / 2 2 2 / red / whitish yel / blue; in graphite, center right: creamy white / in shadow; in graphite, lower center: 2 - very dark transparent neutral; in graphite, lower right: Moonlight / Niagara March 20-, 56
Cite this object as
Drawing, Moonlight Rainbow over Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper; 31.3 × 45.4 cm (12 5/16 × 17 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-316-c
