Recto: horizontal view containing sketches from colombia, south america: at top, a river or a bay landscape showing grassy islets and a raft in the foreground; at center left, two rafts with the upper one with a rail and two men, while the lower one carries a donkey and two huts and two men work on prow and stern, respectively; at right a tree is flanked by two tree tops. Verso: rough sketches of the mechanism of a ferry. Date: 1853. Dimensions: Sheet: 21.5 x 26.5 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.). Medium: graphite on gray paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketches from Colombia- River Landscape, Men on Rafts, and Trees, 1853 (CH 18200843)
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