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Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

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 oil and graphite on light brown 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

31.7 × 44.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; oil and graphite on light brown wove paper; 31.7 × 44.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-703

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