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Drawing, Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 9 and September 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on gray-green 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
12.4 × 20 cm (4 7/8 × 7 7/8 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: The upper part of the volcano was / concealed by the smoke which was drawn / down before the summit and created a / pleasing effect - the vaporous undulations / &c. melting into a smoky light.; in graphite, upper right: Volcano of Purese Aug 9 - /53 / for a more accurate outline of the / top turn to the first part of the book; in graphite, lower left: Sinchuglagua / Sep /53
Cite this object as
Drawing, Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; 12.4 × 20 cm (4 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-126
