Botanical Sketch with Agave Plant, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 2, 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Botanical sketch showing views of mixed vegetation in the Ecadorian jungle. A large, likely agave plant serves as central focus. Large stem with branches grows from the base, also known as a pina or cabeza. Other stems and broad leaves visible below.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and atmosphere sketch of the sky over the sea.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
label: made in
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: 1917-4-202
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: Graphite on off-white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18.5 × 11 cm (7 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)