Palm Tree, Jamaica
Classification
nature studies
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-674-a
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Landscape and botanical sketch of a palm tree in the lush mountains of Jamaica. Dominating the composition at center, the tree has a relatively thick, scaly trunk and a roughly spherical canopy of fronds that emanate in all directions. The lower fronds are dead and wilted while the trunk appears covered in a fibrous hair or fuzz. Several plants grow around the base of the tree in the foreground, including red and white flowers. In the background, a rolling and densely wooded hillside descends to...