Water Carriers on the Magdalena (Bay), Barranquilla, Republic of Nueva Grenada, now Colombia, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on cream-colored wove paper, darkened to brown and greenish gray, Horizontal view shows men, women and children upon or beside donkeys, most of whom carry barrels, while in the river a boat with four men is visible being rowed in left middle distance and an empty boat lies in the river in the right foreground. A wooded bank, visible in the distance, contains a fenced cocoanut grove, a house, and two figures at right. Scattered clouds in the sky. A woman's head with a water barrel is visible at upper left., May 2, 1853, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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Water Carriers, Magdalena, Bay, Barranquilla, Republic, Nueva Grenada, now Colombia, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Graphite, brush, oxidized white gouache, cream-colored wove paper, darkened, brown, greenish gray, Horizontal view, men, women, children upon, beside donkeys, whom carry barrels, river, boat, four men, visible, rowed, left middle distance, empty boat lies, river, right foreground, wooded bank, visible, distance, contains, fenced cocoanut grove, house, two figures, right, Scattered clouds, sky, woman's head, water barrel, visible, upper left, 2, 1853, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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