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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Imaginary Landscape with

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church and attributed to Thomas Cole. It is dated ca. 1870–73 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is pen and dark brown ink support: 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

9 x 11.1 cm (3 9/16 x 4 3/8 in.) 3 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamps: On verso: Cooper Union Museum New York

It is inscribed

Inscribed on verso, in graphite, upper left: Dazzling gold/3 - dusky red working into laky new tint [?]/ 4 smoky orange/ 5 smoky gold; middle: laky red/red; lower left: purple

Cite this object as

Drawing, Imaginary Landscape with; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Attributed to Thomas Cole (1801 – 1848); USA; pen and dark brown ink support: paper; 9 x 11.1 cm (3 9/16 x 4 3/8 in.) 3 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-535

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