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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Valley among Mountains, Guanujo, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 11, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite 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

35.7 × 54.8 cm (14 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center right: [struckout: Near Guaranda] / [struckout: Guanoko] Guanoco June 11th /57 / Distant mountaisn very delicate blue & Clouds very bright

Cite this object as

Drawing, Valley among Mountains, Guanujo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on tan wove paper; 35.7 × 54.8 cm (14 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-102

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