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Drawing, Botanical Sketches from Colombia: Bamboo Trees, Trunks and Details

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on 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.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper right (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite with captions, respectively: Bamboo / shape of leaf of / a tree whose leaves / are nearly white / arum [probably not in artist's hand]; and dated at center: July -53-. Verso: Inscribed in graphite: plain

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches from Colombia: Bamboo Trees, Trunks and Details; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on paper; 12.4 × 19.9 cm (4 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-85

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