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Drawing, A View of the Volcano Cotopaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 30, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on gray-green 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

12.3 × 19.9 cm (4 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: Aug 30 /53 / La linea del Equador; in graphite, lower center: una vista del Volcan, Cotopaxi, de la hacienda / San Antonio de Sñr Jn Donoss[?] Fenite[?] / Canon[?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, A View of the Volcano Cotopaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; 12.3 × 19.9 cm (4 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-94

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