Bird of Paradise among Jungle Undergrowth, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: June 1865
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical sketch of a bird of paradise plant among jungle undergrowth in Jamaica. Long, broad, green leaves with horizontal striations are simultaneously bathed in light and obscured in shadow, nearly blending with the dark background. Leaves and tendrils of nearby foliage are visible around margins.
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: 1917-4-349
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 29.4 × 27.2 cm (11 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.)