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Drawing, Street View in Guayaquil, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 23, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite. 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 × 18.8 cm (4 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: upper part of posts white, lower brown; in graphite, upper right: 2 - white / 3 - faded green / 4 - Dark grey / 5 - rusty / 6 - Brown; in graphite, lower right: Guayaquil May 23d; in graphite, verso upper right: yellow blossoms; in graphite, verso lower left: Dark solid green but / very open in centre of tree

Cite this object as

Drawing, Street View in Guayaquil, Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.9 × 18.8 cm (4 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-882

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