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Drawing, Trees near Mt. Katahdin, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1876 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite 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

24.1 × 44.2 cm (9 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: birch; in graphite, center right: [struckout text] Maple / Sep 1876

Cite this object as

Drawing, Trees near Mt. Katahdin, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey-green wove paper; 24.1 × 44.2 cm (9 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-510-b

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