Drawing, Village on the Rio Limona, Ecuador or Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 or 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

10.8 × 18.2 cm (4 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: figures in rich colors, reds / El Rio Limona 3 x; in graphite, upper right: Stems of Trees very rich / reds and orange in grass; in graphite, center left: 3 / 4 / 5; in graphite, center: 2 / 3 3 / 6 / river / water; in graphite, center right: 4; in graphite, lower left: Splendid effect of sunset / 2 - Dark blue mountain / x3 - cool grey clouds / 3 - Trees and vegetation superbly / illuminated; in graphite, lower right: 4 - Thatched with plantains / Pinky cream, very brilliant / 5 - Foliage in shadow emerald / 6 - Bark and roots deep toned / rich orange browns shadows from / figures &c very dark; in graphite, verso upper margin: Remember the dead gold color and brown leaves

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