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Drawing, Champans and Scenery along the Río Magdalena, Colombia
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 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 × 28.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, center left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: There are oftentimes / beautiful bays dotted with / Islands or inlets and / very rich with vegetation & / vines large leaved plants &c.; in graphite center left: These trees / resemble much / the yellow pine; in graphite, lower left: Champans - These boats / are hauled along by the shore / following the windings of the / bank; in graphite, lower right: The bogas or boatmen have no other clothing / than an apron around or from their waist and / generally straw hats. The helmsman and / others in the stern clad in white, fancy cloaks / &c.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Champans and Scenery along the Río Magdalena, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray laid paper; 21.5 × 28.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-69
