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Drawing, Trees, Tree Tops, and a Wooded Bank, Saddleback, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

Sheet: 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at top: Rioble dark; again, at center: light whitish green leaf / stem white, grey / Leaf like Horse Chestnut.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Trees, Tree Tops, and a Wooded Bank, Saddleback, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray paper; Sheet: 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-128

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