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Drawing, Mt. Katahdin from the West, near Ripogenus Lake, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on tan wove 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

31.1 × 46.4 cm (12 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d Watermark: lower portion, caduceus, flanked by E and B in a shield

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: Ripogenus Lake; in graphite, lower right [not Church's hand]: Katadin from the West

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mt. Katahdin from the West, near Ripogenus Lake, Maine; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper; 31.1 × 46.4 cm (12 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-609-b

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