Century Plant in Bloom, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: June 14, 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 blooming agave or century plant in Jamaica. Sharp leaves of the plant's calyx are visible at its base, with its long, narrow stalk and blooming branches dominating the center of the composition. At right, a detail of the plant's stalk is visible.
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: 1917-4-20
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, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.7 × 24.2 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)