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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia

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

21.5 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center right: 2; lower right: 2 - Brilliant white clouds / below the mountains -- All the / distance in blue shadow.

Cite this object as

Drawing, River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on gray laid paper; 21.5 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-869-b

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