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1917

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Drawing, Landscape Composition: Suggested by Scenery on the Road Between Paso, Colombia and Quito, Ecuador.

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 26, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

Sheet: 23.4 x 45.6 cm (9 3/16 x 17 15/16 in.) Mat: 16 x 22 cm (6 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at top right: Composition suggested by the scenery on the road between Pasto (Colombia) and Quito (Ecuador).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape Composition: Suggested by Scenery on the Road Between Paso, Colombia and Quito, Ecuador.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray paper; Sheet: 23.4 x 45.6 cm (9 3/16 x 17 15/16 in.) Mat: 16 x 22 cm (6 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-100

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