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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Mountainous Landscape with a Waterfall, near Tuquerres, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 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.

It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

24.5 × 32 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c; verso center, L.457d; verso center, L.457e Watermarked, upper right: [F. J]OHANNOT

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: A bit of scenery on the road [struck out: between] near / Tuquerres. Recollection / Aug /53

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountainous Landscape with a Waterfall, near Tuquerres, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper; 24.5 × 32 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-855

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