Drawing, Sunset over the Ocean, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 29, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

10.8 × 18.4 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: 3 2 3 / 3; in graphite, upper right: 2 - copper reflection / 3 - grey neut / 4 - splendid glow / fading into cool grey laterally / 5 - Dark warm; in graphite, center: 5 / clear open / grey purp / smoky blue / 4 / smoky blue 1 / Dark 2 / 3; in graphite, center right: 5; in graphite, lower right: 1 - silvery blue light / 2 - Touch of 5 / 3 - Purplish; inscribed in graphite, verso upper right: Dark green / 3 - Light yellow lemon green / 4 - light brown earth; in graphite, verso center: 2 / 3 / 4 4; in graphite, verso lower right: Guayaquil River / May 29 -57-

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