Landscapes along the Río Magdalena, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: May 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing views along the Magdalena River in Colombia. At upper left, a grove of numerous palm trees grows atop a steep bank while, at upper right, a mountain, several palm trees, and fence are positioned on a similarly steep riverbank. A panoramic view of rugged mountains capped in clouds beside the riverbank stretches horizontally across the lower portion of the composition.
place: label: made in
content: Colombia
label: place depicted
content: Colombia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-104
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on light gray paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 27.4 cm (8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.)