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Drawing, Mountains Near Mocho, Ecuador, Probably Showing Mt. Chimoborazo Framed By Clouds

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 16, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on brown 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

Sheet: 26.3 x 45.6 cm (10 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink at lower left: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink at lower center left: Lugt 457e; and at lower center right: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at upper left: near Mocho June 16th 57

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountains Near Mocho, Ecuador, Probably Showing Mt. Chimoborazo Framed By Clouds; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on brown paper; Sheet: 26.3 x 45.6 cm (10 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-238

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