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Drawing, Botanical Sketches, Colombia

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1853 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on off-white wove 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

12.5 × 20 cm (4 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, upper left: L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: Bamboo; upper right: Shape of leaf of / a tree whose leaves / are nearly white; center: July -53-; lower center: arum; verso center: plain

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite on off-white wove paper; 12.5 × 20 cm (4 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-85

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