Fern Sketch, Jamaica

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Botanical sketch of a fern in Jamaica. Leaves rendered in gradient from mint green to bright yellow-green. Brown ground visible all around.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
August 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-675-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
nature studies
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
12.9 x 17.7 cm (5 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
made in
Jamaica
place depicted
Jamaica
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Record ID
chndm_1917-4-675-a
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4761be8f6-66c9-4a46-88dc-e9ef19ecf3b3
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