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Drawing, Imaginary Coastal Landscape with a Tower

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1870–75 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is pen and ink on off-white laid paper: verso: pen and ink. 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

8.9 × 11.5 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457c; in brown ink, verso center: L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, center right: 3/48 [long division line] 16; in graphite, lower left: Presented 1917 by / Mr L.P. Church 533

Cite this object as

Drawing, Imaginary Coastal Landscape with a Tower; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; pen and ink on off-white laid paper: verso: pen and ink; 8.9 × 11.5 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-533

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