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Drawing, Parish Church of Our Lady of Chiquinquira del Cerrito, Chiquinquira, 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, brush and white gouache 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

22.6 × 27.1 cm (8 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center [not in the artist's hand]: La Yglesia parroquial de ntro Sra de Chiquinquira del Cerrito / El parroco/ Jose Patricio Panedes / July 1853

Cite this object as

Drawing, Parish Church of Our Lady of Chiquinquira del Cerrito, Chiquinquira, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper ; 22.6 × 27.1 cm (8 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-83

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