Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Sketch of a green lizard climbing a wall in Jamaica. Facing upwards, the lizard's yellow right eye is turned toward the viewer while it secures itself with its sizeable claws on its feet. The lizard's long tail hangs vertically downward and curves to the right. The wall behind it is a splotchy mix of brown and gray hues.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- June 1865
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-712-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- nature studies
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 30.5 × 14.8 cm (12 × 5 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Jamaica
- place depicted
- Jamaica
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-712-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d504898e-3c45-49f7-b737-6cb7c5c7f55b
