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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Landscape Near Tacunga, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 17, 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

31.1 × 44.4 cm (12 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: green; in graphite, center: earth and bushes; in graphite, lower center: white; in graphite, lower left: Near Tacunga / June 17th /57--; in graphite, lower right: same place

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape Near Tacunga, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on tan wove paper; 31.1 × 44.4 cm (12 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-240

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