Botanical Sketches along the Río Magdalena, 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: Botanical sketches along the Magdalena River in Colombia, with a crane-like bird at upper right. At upper left, a palm tree erroneously labeled "camaca" is visible. Beside, at right, a hastily rendered scene of hanging foliage beside a river is visible. Below, a small study of a plant bisects the inscribed text.
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: 1917-4-851
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 on gray-green laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)