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Drawing, Water Falling on Rocks

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1856–62 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove 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

10.9 × 17.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower right: L.457c; verso center: L.457d

Cite this object as

Drawing, Water Falling on Rocks; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper; 10.9 × 17.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-318-a

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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