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Sketches of Trees, Vines and a Bank of the Rio Magdalena, Columbia
Frederic Edwin Church1853, probably May
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Horizontal view of a series of sketches from the Rio Magdalena, Columbia: Trees reflected in water at top left; a group of trees at right; and bank of the river at bottom.
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- Title: Sketches of Trees, Vines and a Bank of the Rio Magdalena, Columbia
- Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
- Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
- Date Created: 1853, probably May
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium: Graphite on gray paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed in graphite ?, at top left: 2 Hanging vines / 2; and at bottom: Rio Magdalena
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Bibliography: 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), 63.
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