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Drawing, View of El Bordo, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 13, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized gouache 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

30.7 × 46 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: (Bordo) Between Popoyan & Pasto; in graphite, upper right: Rio Patia Guachicona Aug 13 /53 / 2 - rich orange soil broken with sods / 3 Level plain through which runs / the River Patia; in graphite, center right: Black 3 / Red / path; in graphite, center left: 2 / 2

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of El Bordo, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite and oxidized gouache on tan paper; 30.7 × 46 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-99

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