Bamboo Grove, Jamaica

American Frederic Edwin Church • 1865

Bamboo Grove, Jamaica, 1865

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Botanical sketch of a grove of bamboo trees in Jamaica. At center, the tightly packed copse dominates the composition and is rendered in varying levels of precision and looseness. Several bamboo stalks visibly extend through the mass of shaded leaves. Below, multiple details of bamboo branches and leaves are visible. Graphite on gray wove paper

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