File:Drawing, Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia, 1853 (CH 18196255).jpg

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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia, 1853   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church  (1826–1900)  wikidata:Q366212
 
Frederic Edwin Church
Alternative names
Frederick Edwin Church
Description American painter, landscape painter, art collector and traveler
Date of birth/death 4 May 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hartford New York City
Work location
Catskill; New York City; Ecuador; Colombia; Petra; Rome; Colony of Jamaica; Mexico; Olana State Historic Site; Jamaica Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q366212
Title
English: Drawing, Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia, 1853
Description
English: The Falls are obliquely shown in the central middle distance. Figures are inscribed, and: "rock". Written right bottom: "2 Beautiful effect of spring from / Tequendama falls over the rock which is sloped / with tender green / 3 yellow light - the remainder of the / rock in the chasm is dark brown, to the right / rich with ochrous colors / 4 water - rapid / 5 macaw on rock at the right / Beautiful effect". A bird is shown at the right back, out of scale. A man drawn in children's manner stands at the left bank. The dog's head is shown in front; beside is a rough sketch of a crouching cat. Bottom, reverse: three sketchy designs, each with added "rock."
Date 1853
date QS:P571,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pencil and white gouache on creamy paper
Dimensions

Sheet: 46.3 x 32 cm (18 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)

H x W x D: 46.3 x 32 cm (18 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-265
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: United States
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