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Drawing, Chimborazo through Rising Mist and Clouds, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June–July 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, graphite on off-white paperboard. 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

34.5 × 53.9 cm (13 9/16 × 21 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chimborazo through Rising Mist and Clouds, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; brush and oil paint, graphite on off-white paperboard; 34.5 × 53.9 cm (13 9/16 × 21 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-824

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