Butterfly over Water
date: label: Date
content: 1865–75
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sketch of a butterfly floating over water, likely at dusk. The butterfly has a blue and a nearly black wing, both with yellow bands, and reflects a tint of orange in the water below. At lower right, a semi-submerged tree branch with moss on it catches the red light of the setting sun. Nearby trees and vegetation are reflected in the rippling water.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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: 1917-4-152
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 14.7 × 29.5 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)