Rainforest, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: May–September 1865
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of a large, diagonally-growing tree in the dense rainforest of Jamaica. Prominently situated at center, the nearly horizontal trunk of a thick tree extends away from the viewer, from the lower left corner to the upper right. Two large boughs grow vertically out of the trunk, which itself is covered in moss, ferns, and other foliage. Other smaller trees that frame the scene at left and right also host plants on their trunks. Below, the foreground is filled with diverse and expressively rendered vegetation. In the background, some discernable tree ferns and palm trees help comprise a largely indistinct backdrop of greenery. Above, the blue, open sky is visible through the dense forest canopy.
place: label: made in
content: Jamaica
label: place depicted
content: Jamaica
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-678-b
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.5 × 51 cm (12 in. × 20 1/16 in.)