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Drawing, Volcano Puracé and the Rio de Vinagre, Colombia

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

31.8 × 45.8 cm (12 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Clouds; in graphite, upper right: 2 - Maize, dry; in graphite, center: grassy / grassy / low bushes / maize; in graphite, center right: low bushes / Brown / grass / yellow / yellowish / Bushes; in graphite, lower left: Volcano of Puresé / and the Rio de Vinagre / Aug /53; in graphite, lower center: All this portion broken into / rocks, trees, bushes, grass &c&c and of / every variety of tints; in graphite, lower right: grass / rock / corn / stones

Cite this object as

Drawing, Volcano Puracé and the Rio de Vinagre, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper; 31.8 × 45.8 cm (12 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-111

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