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Drawing, Buildings on a Riverbank, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove 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

10.8 × 18.5 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, verso upper right: bamboo; in graphite, verso lower left: Dark marks - Deep salmon colored flowers large / [struckout: green] - foliage dull grey green warmish / and very thin shiny / Grows to be a tree of / large size sometimes; in graphite, verso lower right: Yellow flowers / feathery leaves

Cite this object as

Drawing, Buildings on a Riverbank, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.8 × 18.5 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-807

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