Botanical Sketch, 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 isolated views of plants in Jamaica. At upper right, two large leaves of a philodendron plant are shown, the lower of which appears to be dying--rendered, as it is, in shades of orange, red, and brown. In the lower right corner, three stems and eight leaves of a different plant are included. At left, a tree--possibly a datura--is shown with a tall, extremely slender trunk. Its light canopy of green leaves is peppered with white, bell-shaped flower blossoms. Sketches are completed on an brownish, olive green ground, visible throughout.
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: 1917-4-339-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: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.5 × 33.2 cm (12 in. × 13 1/16 in.)