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Drawing, Mountain View from Riobamba, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 13, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and 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

21 × 28.7 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: 2 3 3 / 4 4; in graphite, lower right: 2 - Rich blue sky / 3 - Clouds warm orange brownish / 4 - Brown lights copper color very right / Snow very brilliant / Riobamba July 13th --/57

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountain View from Riobamba, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite and gouache on grey-green wove paper; 21 × 28.7 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-243

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