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is a striking illustration from his renowned "Birds of America" series

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Palm Tree, Jamaica by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 drogheda and atmospheric charmFrederic Edwin Churchs Palm Tree, Jamaica (1865) captures the magnetism of the Caribbean through the practiced eye of a master of American landscape painting. A leading light of the Hudson River School, Church traveled widely in the mid 19th century, recording the tropical environments of Jamaica and Latin America with a blend of scientific precision and romantic atmosphere. Here, a single palm commands the sceneits stately trunk and generous fronds