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Drawing, Waves Crashing along the Maine Coast

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1850-1855 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on thin cardboard.. 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.

It has the following markings

Stamped in brown ink: verso center, L.457d; verso center, L.457e

Cite this object as

Drawing, Waves Crashing along the Maine Coast; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on thin cardboard.; Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-798-b

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