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Drawing, View of Guaranda, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 8, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; verso: graphite. 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

30.8 × 43.8 cm (12 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in brown ink, verso center: L.457e; in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d; verso lower center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: W W W W W W W / W W W [on buildings]; center left: corn / corn; center right: moss; lower center: Guaranda June 5th, 57; lower right: vegetation on walls and roofs

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Guaranda, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; verso: graphite; 30.8 × 43.8 cm (12 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1334

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