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Drawing, Kaaterskill Falls, Catskill Mountains, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

25.7 × 38.8 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink: lower right, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: lower right, stones and boards scattered about / July 1844 / July 1844; upper center, dark / blue / white / reddish / hard / reddish / grass / reddish / 180 feet; center, 80 / 80 / hard dark / soft rock reddish; lower center; maple

Cite this object as

Drawing, Kaaterskill Falls, Catskill Mountains, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white paper.; 25.7 × 38.8 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1388

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