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Drawing, Mt. Katahdin from Millinocket Lake, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated October 2, 1878 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache on blue-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

30.1 × 43.2 cm (11 7/8 × 17 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: blue; in graphite, lower center: Dark blue lines / Millinoket / Oct 2d 1878

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mt. Katahdin from Millinocket Lake, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and oxidized white gouache on blue-green wove paper; 30.1 × 43.2 cm (11 7/8 × 17 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-395-a

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