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Drawing, Mt. Katahdin and Turner Mountain from Katahdin Lake, Maine, probably September 1877

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated probably September 1877 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on paperboard. 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

30.7 x 51 cm (12 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso lower right [not Church's hand]: Katahdin from / Katahdin Lake / Turner Mountain

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mt. Katahdin and Turner Mountain from Katahdin Lake, Maine, probably September 1877; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 30.7 x 51 cm (12 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-643

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