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Drawing, Oil sketch: Parts of Niagara Falls shown from Goat Island, March 20, 1856

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 oil and graphite on cardboard. 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

20.3 × 30.4 cm (8 × 11 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: March 20 /56

Cite this object as

Drawing, Oil sketch: Parts of Niagara Falls shown from Goat Island, March 20, 1856; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on cardboard; 20.3 × 30.4 cm (8 × 11 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-765-b

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