Tequendama Falls near Bogata, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: June 20–30, 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 view of Tequendama Falls nestled in the dense, rugged Colombian jungle. A large, rocky prominence dominates rightmost portion of composition. Slope descends from right to left into a river gorge, with another steep, wooded hillside opposite at left. In the middle distance, the lofty waterfall cascades from a rocky cliff into a mist-filled gully. Other wooded hillsides at left descend to the waterfall, as well.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing view across expansive, mountainous landscape with a snow-capped, conic volcano in the distance on the horizon. Wooded ridgeline visible in foreground with ravines and valleys interspersed throughout middle distance. Low clouds stretch across valley. High mountain range with volcano comprises horizon.
place: label: place depicted
content: near Bogota, Colombia
label: made in
content: near Bogota, 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: 1917-4-262
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, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 31.7 × 44.5 cm (12 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)