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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, The Peak of Chimborazo, 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, brush and white gouache on gray-green 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

23 × 28.7 cm (9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in brown ink, verso center: L.457e; in black ink, verso lower center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Chimborazo

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Peak of Chimborazo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; 23 × 28.7 cm (9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1338

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