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Drawing, Calle de Commerce, Barranquilla, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on tan 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

29.5 × 41 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c; verso center right: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: Barranquilla - May - 53 / - Calle de Commerce -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Calle de Commerce, Barranquilla, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper; 29.5 × 41 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-57

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