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Drawing, House beneath a Ceiba Tree, with Champan Canoes, in Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 12 or 13, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite 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 × 28.4 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso, L.457d Watermark: lower right, cadauceus, flanked by E and B in a shield.

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: Ceiba Tree / Mompos; in graphite, upper right: Champan

Cite this object as

Drawing, House beneath a Ceiba Tree, with Champan Canoes, in Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on grey-green laid paper; 21.5 × 28.4 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-853

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