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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Botanical Sketches, South America

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 or 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on brown 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

27.4 × 30.1 cm (10 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: bamboos; in graphite, bottom left: weeds running in water / 2 - rich green on surface rest /fades into brown grey

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches, South America; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on brown paper; 27.4 × 30.1 cm (10 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-856

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