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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, A Valley in the Andes, Colombia or Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 or 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green laid 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

19.8 × 30.8 cm (7 13/16 × 12 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457 c Verso: Stamped in ink, at center left: Lugt 457 d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: S. A.

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Valley in the Andes, Colombia or Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on grey-green laid paper; 19.8 × 30.8 cm (7 13/16 × 12 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-245

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