Drawing, Parasite Wound around a Tree Trunk, Jamaica, June 1865, Frederic Edwin Church, June 1865

Vertical view of a parasite, a strangler fig, winding around a palm trunk, and a section of a stem at upper right. Date: June 1865. Dimensions: Sheet: 30.8 x 24.1 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.). Medium: graphite, paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Parasite Wound around a Tree Trunk, Jamaica, June 1865 (CH 18199841)