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Drawing, Botanical Sketches near Jorje, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 23, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

25.7 × 43.2 cm (10 1/8 in. × 17 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: brown grey / top / 2 - Brilliant / vermillion; in graphite, lower right: A Tree; in graphite, lower center: Castor oil plant / Cool green with a bloom of lake / Stem upper part blue; in graphite, lower left: red / 2 - Dead / Near Jorje July 23 -57; in graphite, center: White flowers / Tall

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches near Jorje, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan paper; 25.7 × 43.2 cm (10 1/8 in. × 17 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-257

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