Drawing, Botanical Studies, seen from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia, 1853, Frederic Edwin Church

Top left: tree tops; bottom left: palm tree tops; central: bamboo; top right: tree top; bottom right: a design and stem of a bamboo. A branch is shown beneath. Date: 1853. Dimensions: 21.4 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, Botanical Studies, seen from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia, 1853 (CH 18197991)