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Drawing, Iceberg, Labrador, Newfoundland or Nova Scotia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1859 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on cream 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

11.5 × 21.1 cm (4 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, lower left: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: 22nd / 57; at right: Horizon

Cite this object as

Drawing, Iceberg, Labrador, Newfoundland or Nova Scotia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on cream paper; 11.5 × 21.1 cm (4 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-212

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