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Drawing, Views of Artisana Volcano from or near Quito, and a Cloudy Sky over a Mountain Ridge, Ecuador
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 23, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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 × 26 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/4 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, upper left: Artisana; in graphite, upper center: 5 cloud laky neutral / Magnificent effect; in graphite, upper right: 2 - upper part of mountain / glowing with gold & orange / 3 - Lower part in shadow from / cloud silver beautiful / 4 - sky streaked with warm / color / June 23d /57; in graphite, center: 4 2 4 / 5 / 3; in graphite, lower left: 2 - Brilliant orange light / fading 3 & 4 into a / rather luminous delicate / shadow / 5 - Dark / 6 - Silvery blue / shadow; in graphite, lower center: 5 / 2 / 6 2 / 3 4 / 5; in graphite, lower right: 2 / June 23d /57
Cite this object as
Drawing, Views of Artisana Volcano from or near Quito, and a Cloudy Sky over a Mountain Ridge, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 17.6 × 26 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-242
