Sketch of a Tree Trunk and a View at Sea, 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: Botanical and landscape sketch from Jamaica showing the base of a tree trunk and a view at sea. Dominating the composition at center and right, the base of a tree's trunk, along with its roots, are loosely sketched. Two or three small plants grow out of the tree's bark while other plants grow at its base and behind it. At left and oriented to the left, a view of billowing clouds at sunset over the open sea is included.
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: 1917-4-1260
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.5 × 19.4 cm (4 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)