Object Timeline

1917

  • We acquired this object.

2025

Drawing, Houses in Alatico, 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 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

22.6 × 27.4 cm (8 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Grass thatch - plaster white / if washed and yellow in the rough; in graphite, lower left: - Alatico - July 53 -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Houses in Alatico, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on tan wove paper; 22.6 × 27.4 cm (8 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-84-a

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