Drawing, Flowering Plants, ca. 1856, Frederic Edwin Church, circa 1856
Recto: horizontal view of a blossoming plant at top row left; a thistle at center; a stem of golden rod with blossoms at right; a bough and a plant at bottom left. Verso: oblique view of a mountain range. Date: circa 1856. Dimensions: Sheet: 12.3 x 22.8 cm (4 13/16 x 9 in.). Medium: gouache on gray paper, graphite. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Flowering Plants, ca. 1856 (CH 18197447-2)