Riverbank and Mountains from 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: Landscape sketch showing a view of Colombia's Magdalena River, its shoreline, and nearby mountains. Viewed from the water's surface, the river comprises the foreground and extends into the middle distance at center, where it curves around a lush bank. At right, a tall palm tree sticks out of dense vegetation grows up to the water's edge. The opposite, equally wooded shore is shown in the middle distance at left. Along the left margin, a sharp, steep mountain frames the view. In the background at center, low, billowing clouds are visible over a faint and distant mountain range.
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: 1917-4-116
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 gray laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.4 × 28.2 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)