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Drawing, Recollection of a View from a Hill near Cartago, Colombia

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

30.6 × 45.7 cm (12 1/16 × 18 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, lower right: Recollection of a view from a hill / near Cartago - July - 1853 -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Recollection of a View from a Hill near Cartago, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, white gouache, and oxidizing white gouache on tan wove paper; 30.6 × 45.7 cm (12 1/16 × 18 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-75

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