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Drawing, Mount Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 26, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on greyish 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

Sheet: 18.7 x 34.6 cm (7 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamped in ink, at lower right: Lugt 457 d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite with numbers throughout, and at upper right: 2- orange brown - grss - light/ 3- between 2& 4/ 4- Cool beautiful green / 5- Furrows of salmon gray / very light; and at bottom right: Pichincha June 26th Chillo

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mount Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, brush and white gouache on greyish paper; Sheet: 18.7 x 34.6 cm (7 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1336

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