Sketches of Bungoes on the Rio 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: Landscape and figure sketches showing views of bungoes sailing on the Magdalena River in Colombia. The largest drawing, at upper left, shows a bungoe--characterized by its low profile and singular sail--traveling to the right along the Magdalena River. Three individuals wearing hats pilot the boat while the river's rolling shoreline is visible in the background, with three palm trees. At upper right, a single bungoe is viewed obliquely from the rear, with its pilot visibly standing above the motor at the stern. At lower left, a bungoe is shown obliquely in left profile as it travels along the wide Magdalena, with the river's mountainous shore in the background. At lower right, a single figure carrying a bundle of sticks or reeds is sketched from behind.
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: 1917-4-59
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 off-white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 20.4 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)