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Drawing, Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, 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 laid 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 × 28.2 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457e
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: Monstrous / tree; in graphite, center: like / Alligator; in graphite, center right: Light feathery foliage in masses / very scattered but englobing / the whole tree. These scattered / masses allow the ramification / of the branches to be seen distinctly / [struckout: In the heart] at the joining / chocolate and cream / color'd bark - mixed; in graphite, lower left: Palma Guiniensis / Tagua Palm / oil palm; in graphite, lower center: This part / of the / trunk more / grey; in graphite, lower right: Masses de- / termined [struckout: sharply] distinctly / by a rich edging of / yellowish green
Cite this object as
Drawing, Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray laid paper; 21.5 × 28.2 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-132
