Drawing, Sketches from Calé, Colombia, July 1853, Frederic Edwin Church, July 1853

Left half: sketch of a part of the town with the landscape background, into which "plain" and "2's" are inscribed. Written on top: "the tops of the mountains are of a superb rose line- and the clouds back (?) above and before the mountains are more orange. Bottom: looking east at sunset 2 lower part of the mountains fine cool gray blue. Open sky. . Ing (?) to orange or green with reversed rasp more blue, with a snow peak the effect would have been superb cali july 53 right half, top, vertically: "a hut" caption: "cale - 53". Bottom: sketched coconut palms, written on top: "cocoanut trees wind". Date: July 1853. Dimensions: Sheet: 15.7 x 21.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.). Medium: graphite on white wove paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketches from Calé, Colombia, July 1853 (CH 18193833)