Buildings in Calamar, 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: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of buildings--likely homes--in the town of Calamar along the Magdalena River in Colombia. Shown obliquely at center, the buildings have tall, gabled roofs made out of thatched straw and are surrounded by a rustic post fence. A tall tree rises behind them among other vegetation. Mist or low-lying clouds are visible in the background at left and right.
place: label: place depicted
content: Colombia
label: made in
content: Calamar, 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: 1917-4-56
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on gray laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)