Drawing, Two Houses in Barranquilla, Colombia, April 1853, Frederic Edwin Church, April 1853

A study of two houses with thatched roofs and painted white exterior walls. A woman stands in the doorway of the house at center, gazing into the dirt road in the foreground. A fence constructed of saplings is at left, adjoining the house. Date: April 1853. Dimensions: 31.6 x 44.6 cm (12 7/16 x 17 9/16 in.). Medium: brush and oil, graphite on paperboard, oil paint. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Two Houses in Barranquilla, Colombia, April 1853 (CH 18198997)