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1917

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Part of a Rifted Mountain Range, Probably Ecuador or Colombia

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 and oxidized white gouache on off-white 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

27.3 × 44.6 cm (10 3/4 × 17 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L,457c; in black ink, verso upper center, L,457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: S. America

Cite this object as

Drawing, Part of a Rifted Mountain Range, Probably Ecuador or Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite and oxidized white gouache on off-white paper; 27.3 × 44.6 cm (10 3/4 × 17 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-108

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