Champans and Scenery 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: Mixed sketches along the Magdalena River in Colombia showing views of river boats known as champans, trees, and an inlet. At right, two champans are shown in profile, with the lower one manned by twelve figures--eight of whom stand atop the boat's covering and push it through the water with long poles. A fire burns out of a hearth on the boat's bow known as a fogon, an sends smoke into the air. At left, two trees with tall, thin trunks and sparse canopies are shown. Along the upper margin at left, a view of a river inlet is shown. Distant, rugged mountains are visible in the background.
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: 1917-4-69
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: 21.5 × 28.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/16 in.)