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Drawing, Goat Island and Terrapin Tower, Niagara River, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite and black ink. 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

8.4 × 12.5 cm (3 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457d; in black ink, upper right, postage; in red ink, upper right, three cent postage stamp

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Oct 1856; in black ink, verso center: Mr Frederick E Church / Landscape Painter / Cataract House / Niagara Falls

Cite this object as

Drawing, Goat Island and Terrapin Tower, Niagara River, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite and black ink; 8.4 × 12.5 cm (3 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1282-a

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