Botanical Sketches from 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: Botanical studies showing views of multiple plants near the Magdalena River, Colombia, including wild plantain and heliconia bihai (also known as red palulu). At left, a group of leaves or stalks are shown beside a string of vibrant red heliconia bihai buds, visible at center. Plantain tree visible lower right.
place: 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: 1917-4-58
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 white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 19.9 cm (4 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)