Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Botanical sketch of the trunk of what is likely a palm tree in Jamaica. Visible from its base, the tree is cut off midway up. Surface of the trunk is marked by lateral gray and brown bands. Behind the tree in the middle distance, a dirt road stretches across the composition. A loosely rendered backdrop of trees and other greenery serves as the background.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- May 1865
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-753-a
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- nature studies
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 24.8 × 17.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 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_1917-4-753-a
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bd6bf429-8d16-4bf6-9de6-d401a81984a7
