Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia

Frederic Edwin ChurchJuly 1853

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

View of river cascading over long and precipitous descent in a series of waterfalls. Trees and plants grow from rocks and boulders surrounding the rushing white water. Color and descriptive notes throughout.

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Title: Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia
Creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date Created: July 1853
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on buff wove paper, laid down
Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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