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Drawing, View of Chimborazo from the Southwest
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 3, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache. 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
17.7 × 26.3 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso lower left, L.457c
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 4 / 2; in graphite, upper center: 3; in graphite upper right: 2 - yellowish green / very light flowers / 3 - brilliant clear blue inclining / to purple / 4 - leaf like tips / crimson like / flowers; in graphite, center left: [Jatciel]; in graphite, center right: June 3d /57; in graphite, center: These blue flowers grow in great abundance making / the sides of the hills purple with them; in graphite, lower center: 2 / 2 / 2 / 3; in graphite, lower left: 2 - Green Porcelain / 3 - salmon cream color / originally; in graphite, lower right: Bit of the Balustrade inthe Posada at Guaranda June 3d 57; in graphite, verso upper left: Chimborazo; in graphite, verso upper right: East [arrow pointing up]; in graphite, verso lower left: 2; in graphite, verso lower right: road
Cite this object as
Drawing, View of Chimborazo from the Southwest; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache; 17.7 × 26.3 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-207
