Sketches of a Tree and Elecampane Plant, Niagara Falls, New York
date: label: Date
content: September 1856
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical studies showing a view of a group of trees and four elecampane plants (also called horse-heal or elfdock) in or around Niagara Falls, New York. At left, a group of deciduous trees (or possibly one tree with a bifurcated trunk) are divided at center and have long branches with lush bunches of leaves at their tips. At right, the straight, narrow stems of four elecampane plants are shown with leaves and buds that haven't yet blossomed. Just above these plants, a small sketch of a bull's face is included.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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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: 1917-4-36-b
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 light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 22.4 cm (4 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.)