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Drawing, Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Three, May 1857

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

10.9 × 18.5 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower left, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 Metallic purplish brown luminous / 3 - golden brilliant; in graphite, upper right: 3; in graphite, center left: clear blue / gold sky / little color; in graphite, center: smoke lighter shad- / lights cooler / very dark purple next; in graphite, center right: 2 2; in graphite, lower left: smoky; in graphite, lower center: 2 / orange 3 / [---] / grey / Darker; in graphite, verso upper left: 4 / 2 Splended low toned / gold light / 3 - orange / 4 - pink turning into purple / 5 smoky dull orange / 6 Delicate smoky color / 7 yellow / 8 Dark [struckout: and] purple [struckout: warm] / 9 very strong snuffy tint some what luminous / 10; in graphite, verso center left: At Sea June 57; in graphite, verso lower right: 6 6 7 / cool

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Three, May 1857; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; 10.9 × 18.5 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-840-a

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