# River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: 1853
- Medium: Graphite on gray laid paper
- Classification: Studies (visual works)
- Dimensions: 21.5 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Colombia
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23730)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/405313d8cfe03702da09b933bbbdd339.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Landscape, botanical, and figure sketches recorded along the Magdalena River in Colombia. Below, a view of a river bounded by heavily wooded and mountainous terrain is visible. Above, at right, three distinct botanical studies of branches, vines, and a palm-like plant are included. At left, a man's head is shown from the rear, with a hat above him at left, while above at right, a frontal view of a man with a mustache wearing a striped, wide-brimmed hat is included.