Botanical Sketch of Ferns, Jamaica

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Botanical sketch showing a views of a large fern at Flamstead, the estate of Jamaica's then-governor, Edward John Eyre. The fern is visible at center with two details of its leaves at right, which arch downwards.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
August 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-431-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
nature studies
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Graphite on gray wove paper
Dimensions
11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)
made in
Jamaica
place depicted
Jamaica
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Record ID
chndm_1917-4-431-b
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4eb0eba7b-af3d-4bd7-80d3-65f712c38ad9
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