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1917

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Niagara from the American Side

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1858 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint over albumen silver print. 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

32.7 x 29.5 cm (12 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Niagara from the American Side; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint over albumen silver print; 32.7 x 29.5 cm (12 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1350

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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