# Bromelia Pinguin in Bloom, Jamaica

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23450)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/71d6d35cd7762d84518fe732807091e3.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.