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Drawing, Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part One

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. 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

10.9 × 18.5 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 1; in graphte, left center: cooler; in graphite, center: brownish / purple / smoky orange / Black; in graphite, center right: open sky / pale clear / cool grey / cooler; in graphite, lower right: From Steamer Illinois / May - 57; in graphite, verso upper left: 2; in graphite, verso center: Another plant a flag / grows behind the grass / gr; in graphite, verso center right: generally brown / towards the bottom; in graphite, verso lower center: Floating plants; in graphite, lower right; yellow and light brown & green stem / balls or clusters of foliage grasses water / green or brown [struckout: orange] or red pinky

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part One; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 10.9 × 18.5 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-227

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