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Drawing, Niagara Falls and Terrapin Tower in Snow, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 1856 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on canvas. 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

19.8 × 30 cm (7 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center right, verso lower center, L.457d

Cite this object as

Drawing, Niagara Falls and Terrapin Tower in Snow, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on canvas; 19.8 × 30 cm (7 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-765-c

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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