Drawing, Series of Botanical Studies including an Alligator and a Monstrous Tree, seen from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia, 1853, Frederic Edwin Church

Horizontal view containing tree trops on top row; a swimming alligator at center left; a palm top at lower left; a tree at lower center; and botanical details at lower right. Date: 1853. Dimensions: Sheet: 21.5 x 28.1 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: graphite on gray wove paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Series of Botanical Studies including an Alligator and a Monstrous Tree, seen from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia, 1853 (CH 18193677)