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1917

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Drawing, View of El Bordo, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 13, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and oxidized 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

30.7 × 46 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: (Bordo) Between Popoyan & Pasto; upper right: Rio Patia Guachicona Aug 13 /53 / 2 - rich orange soil broken with sods / 3 Level plain through which runs / the River Patia; center right: Black 3 / Red / path; center left: 2 / 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of El Bordo, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper; 30.7 × 46 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-99

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