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Drawing, Village in the Guarumo of the Río Magdalena, Colombia, with Botanical Sketches

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

21.5 × 29.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Guaruma - Village; center: 3 / X / 2; lower left: 2 - Beautiful sloping band overgrown / with grassy herbage / X Church white and also one or two / houses. Many Cocoanuts presenting / a soft drooping effect of foliage / 3 - distant hill

Cite this object as

Drawing, Village in the Guarumo of the Río Magdalena, Colombia, with Botanical Sketches; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); possibly Colombia; graphite on white laid paper; 21.5 × 29.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-416

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