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Drawing, Landscape Near Melgar, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1853 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

30.5 × 45.9 cm (12 in. × 18 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457 c Verso: Stamped in ink, at center: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: 2 2 2 plain 2 / 2 2 water; in graphite, center: trees trees / trees trees / trees grassy green / 2; in graphite, center right: Plain / plain / trees; in graphite, lower right: 2 - Brownish rock with warm, light projections / always [struckout: among] in the hollows of the rocks and mountains / trees grow -- Masses of rock warm white or grey / Near Melgar - July -53-

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape Near Melgar, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on tan wove paper; 30.5 × 45.9 cm (12 in. × 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-80

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