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1917

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache 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

31.4 × 45.8 cm (12 3/8 × 18 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: [arrow pointing left] Over; in graphite, lower left: yerba / yerba; in graphite, lower right: Chimborazo from Riobamba

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper; 31.4 × 45.8 cm (12 3/8 × 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-109

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