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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Views of a Seated Bull

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September and October 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white paper. 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 × 37.4 cm (10 1/8 × 14 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, bottom left margin, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: upper left, Sep 1844; upper right, Sep 1844; middle right, This leg is much too lengthy; verso middle left, Oct 1844

Cite this object as

Drawing, Views of a Seated Bull; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white paper; 25.7 × 37.4 cm (10 1/8 × 14 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1262

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