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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Rocky Hillside, North Carolina

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1880 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green 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

Overall: 26.9 x 18 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamped in brown ink, at lower center: [Cooper Union] Lugt 457e; and again in black: 457b

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at bottom right: N. Carolina.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Rocky Hillside, North Carolina; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; Overall: 26.9 x 18 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-48

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