Rock in Panama Bay
date: label: Date
content: May 15, 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch of a rocky island situated in Panama Bay, Panama. Tallest portion of the rock is visible at center, with a steep drop-off at left. Numerous birds are perched on several of the island's lower rocks, while several others fly above. This chain of birds extends toward the horizon.
label: Description
content: Verso: Botanical sketches from Ecuador showing, at left, several trees covered in a mass of dense vines, and at right, a seemingly dying tree with several barren branches.
place: label: made in
content: Panama
label: place depicted
content: Panama
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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: 1917-4-784
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.8 × 18.5 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)