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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Botanical Studies with a Seated Figure, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1857, probably May and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan laid 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

Sheet: 25.9 x 17.6 cm (10 3/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 - Long fibrous grass / 3 - Delicate vine / stringy whitish green / flowers (covered); in graphite, center: 3; in graphite, lower left: 2 / red; in graphite, lower right: very large leaved / grass large as corn

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Studies with a Seated Figure, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; Sheet: 25.9 x 17.6 cm (10 3/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-841

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