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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 26, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and 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

18.6 × 34.6 cm (7 5/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 - orange brown - grass - light / 3 - between 2 - & 4 / 4 - Cool beautiful green / 5 - Furrows of salmon grey / very light; in graphite, center: 2 2 / 5 / 2 2 / 3 / 4; in graphite, lower right: Pichincha June 26th - Chillo

Cite this object as

Drawing, Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper; 18.6 × 34.6 cm (7 5/16 × 13 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1336

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