Sketches around Pátzcuaro, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: 1883–1884
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed sketches showing various views around Pátzcuaro, Mexico. At upper left, two figures ride in a long canoe facing left, while at upper right, a fisherman in a small boat is shown with a large net. At center left, a basilical church with a tall brown belltower--possibly the Rectoría de San Juan de Dios--is visible. At center right, a sketch of a fisherman rowing a small boat is shown beside that of a hand net. Finally, at lower right, a flock of ducks taking off from a body of water is loosely rendered.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture sketch showing a view of the Monastery of San Mateo Apóstol in Atlatlahucan, Mexico. Viewed obliquely at center, the monastery's facade and tall, square belltower are visible at center. Its crenelated side wall extends to the left and includes two fixed buttresses, like large, attached piers that support the building's exterior.
place: label: made in
content: Pátzcuaro, Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Pátzcuaro, Mexico
label: made in
content: Atlatlahucan, Morelos, Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Atlatlahucan, Morelos, Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.3 × 17.5 cm (4 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)