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Drawing, Near Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert

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

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Album Page, Ocean Sunset
  • brush and gouache, watercolor, graphite on lined wove paper.
  • Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest.
  • 1953-179-85-14

Its dimensions are

30.3 × 47.3 cm (11 15/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Near Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard.; 30.3 × 47.3 cm (11 15/16 × 18 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-862

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