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Drawing, Botanical Sketches

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853 or 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

  • Model, Theobroma Cacao
  • wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers,....
  • Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
  • 22.2018.13

Its dimensions are

21.5 × 28 cm (8 7/16 in. × 11 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: Wild Plantain / 3 - dead leaves / 3 3; in graphite, center left: Memoranda The large / leaved plants and trees of the / Tropics constantly change / by their foliage renewing above, the old dropping down; in graphite, center right: Palma / da vino; in graphite, lower center: Tiles / flat; in graphite, lower right: Hat with bright / red cover [struckout: to his hat] / blue cloak

Cite this object as

Drawing, Botanical Sketches; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on grey laid paper; 21.5 × 28 cm (8 7/16 in. × 11 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-869-c

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