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Drawing, Cotopaxi at Night, Viewed from the Hacienda San Agustin, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated September 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil on tan paperboard mounted to aluminum support. 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

24.4 × 41.4 cm (9 5/8 × 16 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in red oil paint, lower right: SEP

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cotopaxi at Night, Viewed from the Hacienda San Agustin, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil on tan paperboard mounted to aluminum support; 24.4 × 41.4 cm (9 5/8 × 16 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1332-a

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