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Drawing, The Beehive and Sand Beach from Great Head, Mt. Desert

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, 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

26.7 x 39.3 cm (10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Beehive and Sand Beach from Great Head, Mt. Desert; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on cardboard; 26.7 x 39.3 cm (10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1368

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