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Drawing, Sketches from Colombia: Bank of a River or Bay, and Trees.

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray 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

Sheet: 21.5 x 27.9 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: The other parts of the letters K F

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at bottom left: red / rock / yellow; at center right: Palm / Sanda Ynes; Mil pesos / Palm; and in bottom right corner: This is the name given by the Co...(?) / of the Barranquilla; and at top right: Angastura

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sketches from Colombia: Bank of a River or Bay, and Trees.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 27.9 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-68

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