Coconut Palm, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: May–August 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical sketch showing the base of the trunk of a coconut palm in Ecuador, with a detail of its fruits at upper right. Dominating the composition at center, the base of the trunk is characterized by its cylindrical form, its horizontal bands, and its rough, vertical striations. Grass and other small plants grow around its circumference.
place: label: made in
content: Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
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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: 1917-4-214
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on off-white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18.5 × 11 cm (7 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)