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Drawing, Botanical Sketches from South America: a Palm, Groups of Trees, Hanging Twigs, a Big Tree beside a House, and a Flying Crane.

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853, probably May 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

Sheet: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at top row left: Palm; again at top of right bottom: ('Saiba' struck out) tree / Ceiba; and again at right bottom: crane.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches from South America: a Palm, Groups of Trees, Hanging Twigs, a Big Tree beside a House, and a Flying Crane.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite on gray paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-106

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