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Drawing, Botanical Sketches, South America

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, brush and oxidized white gouache 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 28.3 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at left: Plantain; again: reddish; again at bottom of left: Leaves rich green stem / warmish yellow & greenish. Bottom / of stalk brown, color of corn stack; again at bottom right: ceiba / Large trees / with / vines.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches, South America; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on gray paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 28.3 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-117

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