Village in the Guarumo of the Río Magdalena, Colombia, with Botanical Sketches
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, architectural, and botanical sketch showing a view of a village in the Guarumo (marsh) of the Magdalena River in Colombia, with botanical sketches. At bottom of leaf, two sketches of trees are included at right. Above, a scene of a village with several wooden structures, including a church, positioned a wooded bank is visible. Slender, tall forms of coconut palms rise before a view of hill in the distance.
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: 1917-4-416
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 white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 29.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)