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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Statue Rock, 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 on tan 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

33.6 × 44.5 cm (13 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: [two arrows pointing left] W; in graphite, lower right: Statue Rock - takes, with this view, a fine form of a cross. The rock is at least 75ft high

Cite this object as

Drawing, Statue Rock, Grand Manan Island, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; 33.6 × 44.5 cm (13 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-397-c

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