# Sketches of Canoes and Figures, Mexico

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: February–April 1889
- Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
- Classification: Figures (representations)
- Dimensions: 10.2 × 16.6 cm (4 × 6 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Mexico
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/22289)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/d3305e00cfa0e46b8fa56a433b03ffd0.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Mixed sketches of canoes and figures in Mexico. At upper right, an empty canoe is viewed in profile, while below it at upper center, a canoe manned with several figures is piloted by a helmsman with a wide brimmed hat. At lower center, another figure, likely a woman, is shown from behind as she is seated on the water's edge. A jar sits on the ground beside her at left.