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Drawing, Mountain Peak, Possibly Chimborazo, Rising over Three Successive Mountain Ranges, Ecuador
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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
17.6 × 25.9 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 Dazzling blue yellowish / 3 over[---] / 4 - Grows less lunimous (very obvious) / 6 Clouds smoky shadows and lights orange / 7 - Dazzling white / 8 Luminous edge; in graphite, upper right: 6 / 5; in graphite, center left: grey; in graphite, center: Dark / green; in graphite, center right: 4 / 2 7 / 3 / Darker purple; in graphite, lower left: Mountain looks pure / white
Cite this object as
Drawing, Mountain Peak, Possibly Chimborazo, Rising over Three Successive Mountain Ranges, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on tan laid paper; 17.6 × 25.9 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-827
