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Bromelia Pinguin in Bloom, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
August 1865
- Medium
- Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
- Classification
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 30.6 × 24.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
- Culture
- Jamaica
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Botanical sketch of a blooming bromelia pinguin plant. Spiky fonds visible at bottom. Green trunk rises along central axis. Flowers rendered in warm, creamy white. Dark green wash on brown ground comprises background.
