Drawing, Butterfly over Water, ca. 1865, Frederic Edwin Church, circa 1865

Horizontal view at dusk of a butterfly over water with a dry tree trunk standing in the water, below at right. Date: circa 1865. Dimensions: Sheet: 14.7 x 29.5 cm (5 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.). Medium: brush and oil paint on paperboard. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Butterfly over Water, ca. 1865 (CH 18195235)