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Drawing, View of Mount Desert, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1850–60 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite. 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

29.4 × 44.5 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso lower right [not in Church's hand]: Mt. Desert

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Mount Desert, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite; 29.4 × 44.5 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-324

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