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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Valley with McAllisters Saw Mill, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

30.1 × 46.4 cm (11 7/8 × 18 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center right: rock; in graphite, lower left: W [arrow pointing up] N; in graphite, lower right: McAllisters Sawmill - June 1853; in graphite, verso center right: rock rock

Cite this object as

Drawing, Valley with McAllisters Saw Mill, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 30.1 × 46.4 cm (11 7/8 × 18 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-64

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