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Drawing, Study for a Painting and Figure in a Canoe, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated probably December 1883 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light 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

10.3 × 17.3 cm (4 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Vasco de Quiroga - lawyer - afterwards / Bishop - sent to Michocan to inquire / into condition of Indians (Tarasco) / [dividing line]; in graphite, center: Padre Betancourt author of / Historia de los Provincias de San Pedro / y San Pablo de Michocan / [dividing line] / Bernal dias del Castillo / Conquista de Mexico; in graphite, lower center: Alaman or Zamacois - History of Mexico / Mocha Coffee brought to Michocan by / The first ambassador to London - / and born in Morelia / had [---] Sir Michelena

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a Painting and Figure in a Canoe, Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on light green wove paper; 10.3 × 17.3 cm (4 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1382

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