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Drawing, Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 6, 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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
28.8 × 45.7 cm (11 5/16 in. × 18 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center left: x x; in graphite, center right: red / 3 3 2; in graphite, lower right: 2 cedar with red creeper / 3 Grape vine / Oct. 6th - 1856 -
Cite this object as
Drawing, Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Canada; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper ; 28.8 × 45.7 cm (11 5/16 in. × 18 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-33-c
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.