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Drawing, Views around Zacatecas, Mexico

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated December 22, 1884 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

10.2 × 17.4 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Town in [struck out: an] illuminated smoke / early morning Dec 22d /84; in graphite, center left: Blue; in graphite, lower right: Barley / gold green / gold green / very green; in graphite, verso upper center: 2 - whitish; in graphite, center: green / grey / 2 / red streaks; in graphite, verso lower left: Zacatecas / Dec 22-

Cite this object as

Drawing, Views around Zacatecas, Mexico; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite; 10.2 × 17.4 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1122

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