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Drawing, Two Cows Lying Down, a Large Tree Stump, Cows Standing in Water Beneath Twin Arches of a Bridge, and a Large Rock.

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August, September, and October 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

Sheet: 25.8 x 38.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, at center right: L.457c.

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, at upper right: Sep 1844; again, at upper center: Aug 1844; again, a lower center: Aug 1844; and again, at lower left: Sep 1844. Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at center right, at center, and again at lower center: Oct 1844. Inscribed in graphite: upper left, Aug 1844; upper right, Sep 1844; lower center, water / Aug 1844 water; lower left, Sep 1844; verso center, Oct 1844; upper right, Oct 1844 / Oct 1844

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Cows Lying Down, a Large Tree Stump, Cows Standing in Water Beneath Twin Arches of a Bridge, and a Large Rock.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white paper; Sheet: 25.8 x 38.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1396

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