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Drawing, Landscape and Botanical Studies from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 24, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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
17.6 × 25.8 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, center left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 4 - Intensely blue light / 5 - blue purple shadow / 6 - orange / 7 - very dark; in graphite, upper right: 2 yellow flowers / 3 - Beautiful velvety olive brown / orange luminous / grass, green seed tops luminous yellow / green grass luminous edge; in graphite, upper center: 5 4 / 6 / 7 / 3; in graphite, lower center: June 24th / - 57 / Templo del Sol; in graphite, lower right: 2 / 3 / 5 4 / 5 - red bottom 2 - Brown green / 6 luminous 3 - green clear / 4 - yellowish / green dark / lines yellowish /dark bottoms
Cite this object as
Drawing, Landscape and Botanical Studies from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on tan wove paper; 17.6 × 25.8 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-236
