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Drawing, Composition Suggested by Scenery between Pasto, Colombia, and Quito, Ecuador, August 26, 1853

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 26, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

23.3 × 45.5 cm (9 3/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at top right: Composition suggested by the scenery on the road between Pasto (Colombia) and Quito (Ecuador).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Composition Suggested by Scenery between Pasto, Colombia, and Quito, Ecuador, August 26, 1853; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray wove paper; 23.3 × 45.5 cm (9 3/16 × 17 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-100

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