# Study of Thistles

- By: Sophia L. Crownfield (American, 1862–1929)
- Date: ca. 1890
- Medium: Brush and oil on black paper
- Classification: Studies (visual works)
- Dimensions: 35.2 × 26.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Gift of Starling W. Childs and Ward Cheney
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/56397)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/a5620f47a1c9bf3f0f265374bdea8153.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Vertical sheet depicting a stalk of thistles with five blossoms and leaves.