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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Falls Near Hacienda 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

33 × 36.6 cm (13 in. × 14 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: 4 2 3; in graphite, center: grey 4 / 4 4; in graphite, center right: yellow / brown / blue; in graphite, lower center: 4 - Intense Black shadow / with a tint of green; in graphite, lower right: 2 rich yellow green / 3 - Darker green / Fall nera "Hacienda Chillo"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Falls Near Hacienda Chillo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper; 33 × 36.6 cm (13 in. × 14 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-172

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