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This and 281 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Scraps and Sketches by Frederick [sic] S. Church vol. 1.

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Ephemera, Saint Cecilia—A Fragment, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (XCI, No. DXLVI, November 1895, frontispiece)

This is a Ephemera. It was illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church and collected by Dr. Dudley Tenney and published by Harper's Weekly and Harper & Bros. and etched by Frank French. It is dated November 1895 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed lower left in plate: F. French Sc.; lower right with initials: F.S.C

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: SAINT CECILIA.—A FRAGMENT. / From the design by F.S. Church for a stained-glass window for the Grand Rapids Saint Cecilia Society.

Cite this object as

Ephemera, Saint Cecilia—A Fragment, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (XCI, No. DXLVI, November 1895, frontispiece); Collected by Dr. Dudley Tenney (New York City); Etched by Frank French (American, 1850–1933); Published by Harper's Weekly, Harper & Bros.; Illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church (American, 1842–1924); USA; etching in black ink on paper; 30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1070-132

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