Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Description
- Landscape and botanical sketch of a palm tree in the lush mountains of Jamaica. Dominating the composition at center, the tree has a relatively thick, scaly trunk and a roughly spherical canopy of fronds that emanate in all directions. The lower fronds are dead and wilted while the trunk appears covered in a fibrous hair or fuzz. Several plants grow around the base of the tree in the foreground, including red and white flowers. In the background, a rolling and densely wooded hillside descends to the right. Above at upper right, dense, rosy, and cream colored clouds break apart, revealing a deep, rich blue sky.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- July 1865
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-674-a
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- nature studies
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on off-white paperboard
- Dimensions
- 30.3 × 32.2 cm (11 15/16 × 12 11/16 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_1917-4-674-a
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ec0c8e29-4fc4-4b46-9e42-672bc35e3d17
