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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, From the Hill of San Juan, Quito, Ecuador

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 grey 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

21.5 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Hills broken with dots / and masses of rocks whitish; in graphite, upper right: Savanna or Plain interspersed / along the edges with / group and lines of trees / 3 - Flat Horizon; in graphite, center: clouds / 2 2 / bare; in graphite, lower right: From the Hill of San Juan

Cite this object as

Drawing, From the Hill of San Juan, Quito, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on grey laid paper; 21.5 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-869-a

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