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Drawing, Nature Studies including a Candelabra Tree with a Sloth, Rio Magdalena, 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, brush and oxidized white gouache on gray 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
Sheet: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at center: Lugt 457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, at upper center: small tree / Candelabra tree / sloth feeds on it. / Light green; again, at center: These trees often / cover an Island and / the light foliage of which / presents a charming con- / trast to the darker foliage; again, at center: May / Many trees appear to be just budding and / are of a brownish color (stems / also) These contrast finely with the heavier foliage; again, at bottom left: Bank sandy / festoons of pinkish / flowers; and again, at bottom right: little Isle bushes, wild plantain, grass.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Nature Studies including a Candelabra Tree with a Sloth, Rio Magdalena, Colombia; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Colombia; graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on gray paper; Sheet: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-140