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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white 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

25.7 × 38.6 cm (10 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso: bottom left, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Lakes near the Mountain House / Catskill / N.Y. / Sep. 1844~; center: orange / brown; lower right: rocks and old pines at [---]; verso center: oak / Sep 1844

Cite this object as

Drawing, North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 25.7 × 38.6 cm (10 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1033

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