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Drawing, Mount Chimborazo from the House of Senior Pablo Bustamante, Riobamba, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 14, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and white gouache on buff 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

Sheet: 34.4 x 55 cm (13 9/16 x 21 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at center left: Lugt 457?

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at lower right: Chimborazo - from the house of Senor Pablo Bustamente / Riobamba / July 14th|57

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo from the House of Senior Pablo Bustamante, Riobamba, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite, brush and white gouache on buff wove paper; Sheet: 34.4 x 55 cm (13 9/16 x 21 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-256

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