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Drawing, Water Carriers on the Magdalena, Barranquilla, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 2, 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan 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

30.7 × 44.5 cm (12 1/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 - Intensely green, large leaves / 3 - Coconuts; in graphite, center: 2 2; in graphite, center right: 3; in graphite, lower right: Water Carriers on the Magdalena (Bay) / - Barranquilla - N.G. May 2 -1853-

Cite this object as

Drawing, Water Carriers on the Magdalena, Barranquilla, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan paper; 30.7 × 44.5 cm (12 1/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-62

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