Drawing, A Group of Thirteen Botanical Studies from Colombia or Ecuador, 1853, Frederic Edwin Church

Horizontal sheet containing a group of botanical sketches: at top left is a tree; a top center is a group of plants on a hillside; at top right is a bough; at center right are four designs of a parasitic plant growing on a branch, three straight stems of plants, a top of a bush, and the top of a plant; across bottom row from are five plants, with a large margin at left side of the sheet. Date: 1853. Dimensions: Sheet: 27.5 x 45.9 cm (10 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.). Medium: graphite on cream-colored paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, A Group of Thirteen Botanical Studies from Colombia or Ecuador, 1853 (CH 18202565)