Birds and Trees 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 and figure sketches showing views of trees and a flock of birds, like cranes or storks, along the Magdalena River in Colombia. At upper left, a flying "V" of large birds extends into the distance, with two birds sketched in detail beside it--one flying and one standing. At center left and upper right are two depictions of a large deciduous tree with an immense, enveloping canopy. At lower left, a tree with a tall, thin trunk and a wide canopy is included. Beside it at lower right, a view of the heavily wooded riverbank is shown from the river itself. Numerous trees merge into a unified mass of billowing vegetation.
place: label: place depicted
content: Colombia
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-134
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 laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 27.9 cm (8 7/16 × 11 in.)