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Drawing, Chimborazo, Viewed from Guanujo, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 13, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown 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

35.3 × 54.5 cm (13 7/8 × 21 7/16 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, upper right: 2 - warm transparent light / 3 Blue grey / 4 - Bluish purple with warm light / 5 Blackish with a tinge of greenish / brown especially the lights / 6 Snow thinly deposited over the paramo / Near Guanojo June 13th /57; in graphite, center: 2 / 3 / 4 6 / 5 / green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chimborazo, Viewed from Guanujo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper; 35.3 × 54.5 cm (13 7/8 × 21 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-232

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