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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Sketches from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Plants, Steamer, and a Champan

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 and oxidized white gouache on grey-green 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 × 28.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Light silvery green-Large / bushes very beautiful / masses; in graphite, center left: seeds; in graphite, center right: Champan; in graphite, lower left: seed when ripe brownish / nearly ripe reddish / Green naples yellow approaching / to green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Plants, Steamer, and a Champan ; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and oxidized white gouache on grey-green laid paper; 21.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-846-a

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