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Drawing, Entering Guayaquil, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 23, 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 × 18.5 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower center: Entering Guayaquil; in graphite, verso upper left: 2 - rich emerald green / with glossy leaves / 2; in graphite, verso upper center: - Grasses browns / 3; in graphite, verso lower left: 2 2 / 3; in graphite, lower right: 2 - Bushes / 3 - Where the river has / flooded - here they leaves / are dingy brown or earth color / above rich green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Entering Guayaquil, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.8 × 18.5 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-805

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