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Drawing, Tlacotepec and Nevado de Toluca from Toluca, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated March 1892 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on beige 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

10.2 × 17.5 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper margin: Soft blue sky - mountain same tone delicate sparkle / of snow- / 2 - yellow glow with dust - pale green fields; in graphite, center: 2 / 2 2 2; in graphite, lower center: Grey brown in shadow / March

Cite this object as

Drawing, Tlacotepec and Nevado de Toluca from Toluca, Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on beige wove paper; 10.2 × 17.5 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1043-b

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