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The image shows a large central tree with dark green leaves and various red and purple fruits or flowers. The color palette includes dark greens, soft pinks, deep reds, and golds on a light cream background. There are large, colorful blooms in shades of red, pink, and yellow below the tree. Two golden fountains are at the base of the tree, and a decorative gold structure is to the right. A detailed script and small decorative elements in red and yellow cover the lower portion of the image.
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The image shows a large central tree with dark green leaves and various red and purple fruits or flowers. The color palette includes dark greens, soft pinks, deep reds, and golds on a light cream background. There are large, colorful blooms in shades of red, pink, and yellow below the tree. Two golden fountains are at the base of the tree, and a decorative gold structure is to the right. A detailed script and small decorative elements in red and yellow cover the lower portion of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Fruit-Bearing Tree; A Cedar of Paradise

Phebe A. Smith

Date
1842 and 1846
Medium
pen and black ink with colored wash over graphite
Dimensions
overall: 65.1 x 43.2 cm (25 5/8 x 17 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1971.83.33
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • fraktur
Provenance

Shaker Village, Hancock, MA; Richard L. Mills, New Haven, CT; Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1972.

Inscription

lower center verso: Instrument. Phebe A. Smith / Water Vliet

NGA object ID 52979. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.