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Drawing, View of Cartago, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 23, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan 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 × 45.5 cm (12 3/16 × 17 15/16 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 right: 2 - Plantains / Cartago July 23 - 1853; in graphite, center: Bamboo / 2; in graphite, lower right: Road grass / water in deep gullies / water

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Cartago, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan paper; 31 × 45.5 cm (12 3/16 × 17 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-79

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