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Drawing, Trees and Plants, 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 × 27.8 cm (8 7/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark upper margin: K F [partial letters] Stamped in black ink, lower left: L.457c; verso center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Tree with / greenish yellow flowers / massed all over; lower left: Guaimaro - Whitish green color like / poplar somewhat - Bark very white grey; lower right: Branches some- / thing like the oak / Leaves hard and / shiny deep green

Cite this object as

Drawing, Trees and Plants, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on gray laid paper; 21.5 × 27.8 cm (8 7/16 × 10 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-135

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