Tree Trunk, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: May 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 the trunk of what is likely a palm tree in Jamaica. Visible from its base, the tree is cut off midway up. Surface of the trunk is marked by lateral gray and brown bands. Behind the tree in the middle distance, a dirt road stretches across the composition. A loosely rendered backdrop of trees and other greenery serves as the background.
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: 1917-4-753-a
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: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 24.8 × 17.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)