Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Botanical and landscape study of a tall tree fern in a lush, mountainous forest in Jamaica. The tree's thin trunk climbs up the center of the composition, culminating in a canopy that radiates fern leaves in all directions. Below, the wide leaves of multiple banana plants are visible. In the background, a steep hillside descends to the right and hosts abundant greenery. Above, the sky is clear and blue.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- June 1865
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-674-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- nature studies
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil over graphite on bright green paperboard
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 27.6 cm (12 x 10 7/8 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_1917-4-674-c
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d26417a5-5998-41f1-b893-8c645b6459fd
