Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Botanical sketch showing a views of a large fern at Flamstead, the estate of Jamaica's then-governor, Edward John Eyre. The fern is visible at center with two details of its leaves at right, which arch downwards.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
August 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-431-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
nature studies
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Graphite on gray wove paper
Dimensions
11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)
made in
Jamaica
place depicted
Jamaica
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-431-b