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Drawing, Three studies of the Sangay Volcano

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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

27.4 × 44.3 cm (10 13/16 × 17 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: brownish 2 / 3 / 4 / 4 Cloud; in graphite, lower center: Smoke rising from Sangay; in graphite, lower right: 2 - smoky orange / 3 - Beautiful creaming white which melts in / Delicate flakes into the low toned greenish blue sky / 4 - Colored pearly grey

Cite this object as

Drawing, Three studies of the Sangay Volcano; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green paper; 27.4 × 44.3 cm (10 13/16 × 17 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-400

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