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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 16, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan 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

30.9 × 46 cm (12 3/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: whitish green leaves, small; center: open / ferns; lower left: rich moss / greys / whites / S. America; lower right; rich mosses, airplants on trees / Road to Mocho near Chimborazo / June 16th 57

Cite this object as

Drawing, Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on tan wove paper; 30.9 × 46 cm (12 3/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-234

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