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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, near Guanojo and Guaranda, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 13, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on grayish 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: 35.5 x 54.7 cm (14 x 21 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed with numbers, at various locations; again at upper right: 2 warm transparent light / 3 Blue grey / 4 Buish purple with warm light / 5 Blackish with a tinge of greenish / brown especially the lights / 6 Snow thinly deposited over the paramo/ near Guanojo June 13th / 57; and again, at center: green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, near Guanojo and Guaranda, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, brush and white gouache on grayish paper; Sheet: 35.5 x 54.7 cm (14 x 21 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-232

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