Jamaica | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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A panoramic view from above of a dense forest below, under luminously-silver thunder clouds rising into the high atmosphere.

Drawing, Thunder Clouds, Jamaica, August 1865, 1865
brush and oil paint on cream paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-407-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing of an upper part of the truch and the top of a palm tree.

Drawing, Trunk and top of a palm tree, 1865
brush and oil on paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-747

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There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical image of young stems of the tree and other plants standing beside a road which is shown in the foreground.

Drawing, "Trumpet Tree", May 1865
brush and oil, pencil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-676-a

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Vertical image of the lower part of the trunk of a tree is shown. A road, stones, bushes, trees are behind it.

Drawing, Tree trunk, May 1865
brush and oil on thin cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-753-a

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Horizontal distant view of mountain ranges across water and lower ranges with a wood in the foreground.

Drawing, Sunset in Jamaica, West Indies, 1865–66
oil and brush on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-122

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There are 2 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal bird's eye view over hills and mountain ridges of ascending toward the right.

Verso: Horizontal view containing at right a vertical row of three designs, probably referring to wood carvings: a corner of a panel; a trefoil inscribed into an oblong; and oblong pane with a lozenge coffer. In opposite direction calculations referring to days in August beginning: "31"; monograms CF and FI; calendar for August. Vertically two columns of: "Mon Aug 7
Got 24", etc.
and not; the sum totals are 51 and 60, respectively.

Drawing, Landscape View from Farm Galleway Hill, Jamaica, West Indies, August...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-208

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There are 2 images of this object.

A bird is seated on top of a tree in the right foreground. Parts of mountains are shown at left and in right background.

Drawing, Landscape, July 1865
brush and oil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-730

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The rising sun in a blue sky is shown over the tops of hills.

Drawing, Morning Landscape, 1865
brush and oil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-793

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Hand woven in natural and white with textures.

Sample (Jamaica), 1966
cotton, saran, bast fiber.
Gift of Marianne Strengell.
1984-111-53

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Hand woven in textured natural and gray.

Sample (Jamaica), 1966
linen, bast fiber.
Gift of Marianne Strengell.
1984-111-54

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical view showing at left part of the trunk and top of a tree wrapped by tendrils of a parasite, with a plant with palm like leaves at bottom right.

Drawing, Study of Tree Trunk, Parasite Vine, and Palm Plant, Jamaica, June 1865
graphite, brush and white goache on greenish-gray wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-11-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal view showing: distant view of four women, three of whom carry loads upon their heads, of a seated person and some indistinct objects at top left; a walking man seen from the back at top right; a palm tree at center; a woman carrying a load upon her hat seen from the back at left center; a child, a half figure, a detail of the palm at right center.

Verso: landscape seen horizontally showing the sky with some clouds over moutain ranges and the sea.

Drawing, Sketches from Jamaica, West Indies, June 1865
recto: graphite on gray paper verso: graphite, brush and white gouache on....
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-19

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There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical view of the upper part of the trunk of a coconut palm with the lower parts of the leaves at left, and a portion of the root at right.

Drawing, Coconut Palm, Jamaica, June 1865
graphite on greenish-gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-6-a

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There are 2 images of this object.

A straight on view of dense tropical undergrowth and vegetation. Dark tree trunks in the foreground create a strong vertical thrust from left to right across the image, intensifying the mystery of the scene.

Drawing, Rain Forest, Jamaica, West Indies, April–August 1865
brush and oil paint on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-678-b

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There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal image in the woods, lower parts of trees are shown in the foreground, bushes and blooming plant in the middle distance.

Drawing, Jungle Vegetation, 1865
brush and oil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-679-c

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Top: a slope, a hill, and a mountain range; the latter is shown through clouds. Bottom: a mountain top shown through clouds. Tops of bushes are shown at the bottom.

Drawing, Two cloud and mountain top studies, August 1865
brush and oil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-769

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There are 2 images of this object.

Fern and a wild plantain as an underneath in a wood.

Drawing, Botanical Studies from Jamaica, West Indies, June 1887
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-339-a

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Recto: Vertical view of the roots of a cotton tree growing on a slope.
Verso: Two indistinct pencil sketches.

Drawing, Cotton Tree Roots Growing on a Slope, Jamaica, May 1865
graphite, brush and white gouach on gray wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-339-c

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical view of the trunk and lower bough of a coconut palm tree.

Drawing, Coconut Palm, Jamaica, June 14, 1865
graphite on greenish-gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical image of a group of two palm trees growing beside a hillside.

Drawing, Palm Trees, July 1865
brush and oil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-712-a

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There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal distant view over mountain ranges as the sun radiates low in a cloudy sky with a tree at bottom left.

Drawing, Mountainous Landscape with a Setting Sun and a Tree, Jamaica, July 1865
graphite on cream-colored heavy wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-12-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Oblique horizontal view of a mountain range stretching toward the left rear.

Drawing, Mountain Landscape, Jamaica, West Indies, August 1868
graphite, brush and white gouache on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-164

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a series of botannical studies with at top left a leafy plant, at top center a bough with flowers and leaves, at top right two stems with veined leaves, at top far right a fern in small scale, at bottom left a Spanish bayonet tree, at bottom center left boughs, at bottom center right a stem with leaves, and a far right asix foot tree.

Drawing, Spanish Bayonet with a Tree and Five other Plant Studies, Jamaica,...
graphite on cream-colored wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-340

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Horizontal view of a road winding toward the background along steep mountain sides in the foreground and middleground, with mountains visible in the left background.

Drawing, Road through the Blue Mountains, near Homestead, Jamaica, August 1865
graphite on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-440

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical view of a plant with large leaves growing upon a rock.

Drawing, Philodendrum [?] Growing Above a Rock, Jamaica, June 1865
graphite on greenish-gray wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-11-b

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A hill range is in the foreground. The coast projects in the right middle distance. A sandbank stretches from left toward right through the water.

Drawing, A Coast Line in Jamaica, West Indies, 1865
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-394-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of trees and details of bamboos with a man without visible feet, carrying bananas upon his head at top right in small scale.

Drawing, Studies of Trees with Details of Bamboo and a Small Detail of a Man...
graphite on green paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-424-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of tops of trees, a bamboo and details of bambo across the sheet.

Drawing, Studies of Tree Tops and Bamboo, Jamaica, August 1865
graphite on green paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-424-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical rectangle with two parastical plants growing from a gnarled protrusion on a tree trunk, possibly a night-blooming cereus growing out of a duck-ant's nest.

Drawing, Tree Trunk with Parasitical Plants, Jamaica, May–August 1865
graphite on white paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-607-b

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Horizontal view of a fern shown on a brown background.

Drawing, botanical study, August 1865
brush and oil, pencil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-675-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of the sun shining from behind clouds on to mountain ranges

Drawing, Sun Rays Shinging from Above, Jamaica, July 1865
graphite, brush and white gouache on light bluish wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-10-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Recto: Horizontal view showing a cloudy sky over mountain ranges and at bottom, drawn in the opposite direction, a sky with clouds.

Verso: Sky with clouds at upper left, more clouds at bottom left, and a seated girl an a seated man shown from the back, with the head of a girl outlined beside at right.

Drawing, Sketch of Cloudy Sky over Mountains and a Sky with Clouds, Jamaica,...
graphite on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-1267

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical view containing various images: the bough of a tree with a blossom which is shown again in a greater scale, at top left; boughs of a tree, one of them with leaves on the top, at center left; a bird in front of an outlined mountain, at top center; mountains, at center; a leaf plant, at top right; a stake fence and a bush, at center right; and at the bottom, distant view over mountains with a winding road on a ridge in the foreground, and three trees on a mountain top in the middle distance.

Drawing, Nature Studies, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, July 1865
graphite, brush and white gouache on heavy wove greenish, darkened to olive....
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-13

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A part of the trunk of a tree is shown against a background of trees and bushes. Place and date, below right.

Drawing, Woodland study, July 1865
brush and oil, pencil on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-353-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a fern tree at top right half of sheet

Drawing, Fern Tree Study, Jamaica, August 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-438-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.