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Drawing, Straits of Belle Isle, Canada

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

11.5 × 20.8 cm (4 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower center: Straits of Belle Isle (Rec) / Cliffs of imposing effect and beauty - color of rock / golden red delicately striped in level layers terraces beautiful / green (luminous) Battlements project occasionally from the / cliffs debris covered with rich vegetation

Cite this object as

Drawing, Straits of Belle Isle, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light brown wove paper; 11.5 × 20.8 cm (4 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-320-b

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