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Sketches from Colombia: River Craft (Champan), a Woman, Group of Trees, a House
Frederic Edwin ChurchMay 1853
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Square view showing at top: a river craft, beside the bank of a river, with two Indians seated on the bow and upon the cover respectively; at lower left a woman shown in profile turned toward the left; at right bottom a house with a fence in front and a palm beside it.
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- Title: Sketches from Colombia: River Craft (Champan), a Woman, Group of Trees, a House
- Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
- Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
- Date Created: May 1853
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium: Graphite on gray paper
- Markings: Watermark: Parts of the letters K F
- Inscribed: Inscribed in graphite, at top left: this champan presented a / fine effect at late twilight. The fogon / or fireplace in the bow of the boat was / in use and a bright flame with the illum- / inated figures gave great life in contrast / to the cool hues of evening.; at top right: fogon; at bottom right: champan.
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21.5 x 21.7 cm (8 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
- Bibliography: Dee, Elaine Evans. To Embrace the Universe (Yonkers, NY: Hudson River Museum, 1984), no. 10, fig. 7.Navas Sanz de Santamaria, Pablo. The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador, April-October 1853 (Bogata, Colombia: Villegas Editores in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008), 28, a.
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