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Drawing, Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated February 1885 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-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

10.1 × 17.5 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center: orange glow / orange / golden / silver; in graphite, lower center: luminous / dark brown; in graphite, lower right: Cuitzeo / Feb /85; in graphite, verso upper center: snow / 5 / 5 5 5 5; in graphite, verso lower left: 2 / 2 / Church with fine / relief [?] in white / in blue yellowish / red panes - other / details similar / in color / Ozumba / Feb 5th- /85

Cite this object as

Drawing, Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.1 × 17.5 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1068

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