Drawing, Botanical Studies, seen from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia

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

21.4 x 28.1 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Wm: parts of the letters K F

It is inscribed

Top left: written beside tree tops: "Beautiful soft masses of/lightish yellow green foliage/ of a velvety appear-/ ance -- Appears at/ times like a tree at others/ like a vine clustering among/ the darker masses of a tree." Bottom left: Palm tree tops, caption: "2 Branch or leaf of / a rich orange and brown/ color this effect is common/ Palm." Central: "Bamboos". Top right: tree top caption: "small/tree with fern/ shaped leaves, fresh/ growth at the top/yellow green-Under/ darker and bluish/ very delicate." Bottom right: A design and "Stem of Bam-/ boo-joints whitish/ stem green, brown/ whitish etc. A branch is shown beneath. [from Dee catalogue: Beautiful soft masses of / lightish yellow green foliage/ of velveyy appear-/ance--- Appears at/times like a tree at others/like a vine clustering among/the darker masses of a tree; at lower left: 2. Branch or leaf of /a rich orange and brown/color. This effect is common/Palm; at center: Bamboos; at upper right: small/tree with fern/shaped leaves, fresh/growth at the top/yellow green - Under/darker and bluish/ Very delicate; at lower right: Stem of Bam-/boo-joints whitish/stem green, brown/whitish etc.

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