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Drawing, Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

21.5 × 26.9 cm (8 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: long grassy banks / Guacamaya; in graphite, upper right: small / leaves / very large tree / Ceiba / This tree is marvellously beautiful / umbrelliferious and the leaves / hanging in masses of festoons / Medium green; in graphte, center right: India Rubber tree / leaves like lemon but / longer - somewhat shiny / Higuerote; in graphite, lower left: water

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on gray paper; 21.5 × 26.9 cm (8 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-118

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