Sketches of a Church and Bridge, 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: Architecture and landscape sketches showing views of a church, a bridge, and possibly mountains in Mexico. At center, an arched bridge at left leads towards a tall, indistinct building at center. Along the right margin and oriented to the right, a sketch of a church with a central belltower is visible. At upper center, a loosely rendered sketch of what appear to be mountains and a valley is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed sketches from Mexico showing views of a church, a seated figure, and a cross. Situated at center, a church with a tall belltower and dark walls is viewed obliquely. Trees and other bushy vegetation flank it on either side. At upper left, a figure who appears to be a woman is shown seated in right profile as she looks towards us. She wears a dark skirt as she reaches her hand around her back. Beside her at left is a faint sketch of a brimmed hat. Finally, at upper right, a two-barred cross is viewed obliquely.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-1211
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 light green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.3 × 17 cm (4 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.)