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Drawing, Palm Tree, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 15, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

18.4 × 10.8 cm (7 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: blue / brown green light; in graphite, center: 2 3 / cool green; in graphite, center right: 3 / yellow green bank; in graphite, lower right: 2 – Birds white / 3 – This mass of foliage green / dark in color with grey and brown light; in graphite, verso upper right: 2 clear green / 3 – Trunk yellowish / grey; in graphite, verso center: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3; in graphite, verso lower left: Aspinwall / May 15th /57

Cite this object as

Drawing, Palm Tree, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Panama; graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite; 18.4 × 10.8 cm (7 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-201

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