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Drawing, View from the West of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, June 3, 1857

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 3, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green 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

17.6 × 26 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower margin: Chimborazo (East) / June 3d - 57 / Near San Miguel de Chimbo

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from the West of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, June 3, 1857; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 17.6 × 26 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-205

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