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Drawing, Botanical Sketches from the Rio 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 white 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

12.4 × 19.9 cm (4 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Brilliant / vermillion / vermillion yellow; in graphite, center left: groups; in graphite, center: green / green; in graphite, center right: wild-or-false / Plantain / May - 1853 / Rio Magdalena; in graphite, lower center: Bijao / Heliconia Bijao / Penda

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on white wove paper; 12.4 × 19.9 cm (4 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-58

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