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Drawing, Botanical Sketches with a Landscape View, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May–August 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white 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

10.9 × 18.6 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: Air Plant; upper right: fern -- often the / leaf will be read; lower left: Century / Plant; lower right: Bamboos

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches with a Landscape View, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 10.9 × 18.6 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-839

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