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Botanical Sketch Showing Two Views of the Tamaca Palm

Frederic Edwin Church1853, probably May

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical view of the upper part of the trunk of a Tamaca Plam with its top, at left, andlower part of the trunk, at right.

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  • Title: Botanical Sketch Showing Two Views of the Tamaca Palm
  • Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
  • Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
  • Date Created: 1853, probably May
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
  • Medium: Graphite on gray paper
  • Inscribed: Inscribed twice in graphite, at top right: Tamaca / Palm.
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 28.2 x 21.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
  • Bibliography: Navas Sanz de Santamaria, Pablo. The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador, April-October 1853 (Bogata, Colombia: Villegas Editores in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008), 29.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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