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Drawing, Botanical sketches with a Monkey, Colombia or Ecuador
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May–October 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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 × 28.2 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, at upper left: 2 / 2 Parasites; again, at upper right: Beautiful light yellowish / green resembles at a distance the / willow almost exactly excepting / that the green is deeper; again, at center left: 2 's / tree / 2 white / flower / clusters; again at lower left: monkey; and again, at lower right: Tree foliage so dense / that no trunk or / branches could / be seen. Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 / 2 - Parasites; in graphite, upper center: Bamboos; in graphite, upper right: Beautiful light yellowish / green resembles at a distance the / willow almost exactly excepting / that the green is deeper; in graphite, center right: tree / 2 white / flowers / cluster / 2 2 2; in graphite, lower left: monkey; in graphite, lower right: foliage / Tree so dense / that no trunk / or branches could / be seen
Cite this object as
Drawing, Botanical sketches with a Monkey, Colombia or Ecuador; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); probably Colombia; graphite on gray laid paper; 21.5 × 28.2 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-136
