San José de Lapas Church with Botanical Sketches, Colombia

American Frederic Edwin Church • 1853

San José de Lapas Church with Botanical Sketches, Colombia, 1853

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Architecture, landscape, and botanical sketches showing views of trees and a church in Colombia, possibly along the Magdalena River. At upper left, a small church with a thatched roof and a small tower, known to the artist as Carapata Church or San José de Lapas, is shown obliquely. At upper right, three palm fronds and a tall palm tree are visible. Along the lower margin, a view--likely from a river--of a heavily wooded shoreline is included. Graphite on gray laid paper

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