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Drawing, East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

Sheet: 10.9 x 18.1 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: opposite Guayaquil May; in graphite, lower left: 2 water / 3 - Rich verona Brown yel ochre Brown / 4 - Beautiful light silvery green / 5 - Strong yellow green; in graphite, lower right: 5 /4 / 2 3; in graphite, verso center right: Young bamboos very / delicate foliage; in graphite, verso lower center: Trees

Cite this object as

Drawing, East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; Sheet: 10.9 x 18.1 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-200

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