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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Effect of Shadows over Cliffs, Grand Manan Island, Canada

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 2, 1851 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache 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

33.4 × 44.3 cm (13 1/8 × 17 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Effect of Shadows from clouds / very beautiful over these cliffs; in graphite, lower left: Sep 2.d 1851 Morning / Grand Manan Island W [arrow pointing upward]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Effect of Shadows over Cliffs, Grand Manan Island, Canada; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper; 33.4 × 44.3 cm (13 1/8 × 17 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-398-b

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