# Studies of Meadow Flowers

- By: Samuel Colman (American, 1832–1920)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper
- Classification: Studies (visual works)
- Dimensions: 28.6 × 40.9 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Colman
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/72010)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/5e767db954ae4f1e7b8ede2e16508bc0.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A thistle, right, with sketches of its leaves, far right and left. A wild aster, clover, and cowslip, center, with notes on colors.