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Drawing, A Street Corner in Colombia or 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 white 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

10.9 × 19 cm (4 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso upper right: Grove of Plantains; in graphite, verso lower left: Exquisitely formed tree delicate thin / foliage very regularly / umbrilliferous

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Street Corner in Colombia or Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 10.9 × 19 cm (4 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-884

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