Wild Plantain, 20 Feet High, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: June 1865
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical sketch showing multiple closely grouped plantain plants in the Jamaican forest. Prominently positioned at center right, the plants' thin, straight stalks culminate in large, elongated green leaves that gently bend towards the ground. Other nearby plants are clearly rendered, notably a large fern in the lower left corner. Behind, the artist gives the impression of plant stalks and stems by scraping away the brown-green ground, which is visible throughout the composition.
place: label: place depicted
content: Jamaica
label: made in
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: 1917-4-339-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 over graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.5 × 33.9 cm (12 in. × 13 3/8 in.)