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Drawing, Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June–July 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on buff 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

27.3 × 37.2 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: Grated windows; center right: Guaccamaya / Bogotá; lower center: Large - so called / Blackberry - / color red- / size in nature & / not extraordinary

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on buff wove paper; 27.3 × 37.2 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-877

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