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Drawing, Sincholagua, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 24, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on tan 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 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: no 1 / morning; in graphite, lower center: Sinchulagua; in graphite, lower left: 4th [3d, struck out] peak of perpetual snow counting from the north / morning; in graphite, upper left: Snow peak to the extreme north from Quito / morning

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sincholagua, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on tan paper; 17.6 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-218

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