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Drawing, View of Mount Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 26, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on buff 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

34.5 x 54.6 cm (13 9/16 x 21 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite with numbers at various locations; again, at lower right: 2- Exquisite blue green ...........[?] / 3- Warmer yellow brown; and again, at lower left: Pichincha June 26th 57 / - Chillo

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Mount Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on buff paper ; 34.5 x 54.6 cm (13 9/16 x 21 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-246

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