Sketches 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: Mixed sketches showing views along the Magdalena River in Colombia, including a long, grassy bank viewed from the river at upper left, a vine-covered tree reflected in the water at lower left, and a loose sketch of a ceiba tree and details of its leaves at upper right. Below it, a detail of a castor oil plant may be included, which explains the "Higuerote" inscription at center right, which is a mistranscription of the Spanish word for castor oil, "higuereta."
place: label: place depicted
content: Colombia
label: made in
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: 1917-4-118
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 26.9 cm (8 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)