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Drawing, Pine Trees Along a Rocky Bank, Catskill, 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 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

37.3 × 25.7 cm (14 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: The rock covered with grey, / greenish, green, black and other / mosses and ferns, likewise the / crevices and juttings / Upper part of the tree lighted / brilliantly with yellow sunlight / Sep 1844; center: grey rock; lower left: grass and rocks / various ferns plants etc / grass / road

Cite this object as

Drawing, Pine Trees Along a Rocky Bank, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 37.3 × 25.7 cm (14 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1398

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