Botanical Sketches from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: April–May 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical sketches showing nine views of trees, treetops, plants, and leaves along the Rio Magdalena in Colombia. At upper left and center, two trees with tall trunks and wide canopies are shown. Two palm plants are visible at right, with two others at lower left. At lower right, trees and treetops are loosely rendered.
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: 1917-4-129
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 and oxidized white gouache on gray-blue wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)