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Drawing, High Water at Southern Head, Grand Manan Island, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1851 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, white gouache, and oxidized 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

29.4 × 45.3 cm (11 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d; embossed stamp of a crown with the words "SUPERE[---] BRISTOL PAPER" on top of a watermark of a caduceus flanked by "E" and "B" within a shield

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Grand Manan Sep 1851 / Southern Head; in graphite, lower center: [arrow pointing up] S; in graphite, lower right: High Water

Cite this object as

Drawing, High Water at Southern Head, Grand Manan Island, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 29.4 × 45.3 cm (11 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-396-c

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