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Drawing, Studies of a Coco Palm

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May and June, 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on buff paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 18.2 x 10.9 cm (7 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in ink, at left center: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at upper left: Coco Palm / 2-Rich brown/ 3-silvery grey/ rings lined with light/Emerald sometimes a rich/green moss grow/ on the trunk of P[alm?]---s; again at right cente: 2-very rich green/ 3-yellowish/ 4-Brown and Black/ 5-green cocoas [sic]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Studies of a Coco Palm; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on buff paper; Sheet: 18.2 x 10.9 cm (7 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-214

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