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Tree with Vines, Jamaica, West Indies by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 max100min20 White’s practiced draftsmanship and editorialFrederic Edwin Churchs Tree with Vines, Jamaica, West Indies (1865) is a vivid study of tropical abundance by one of Americas most celebrated landscape painters. A leading figure of the Hudson River School, Church ventured beyond the northeastern United States to seek new motifs in the Caribbean and South America. Here, he turns a single, monumental treeits trunk braided with climbing vinesinto the entire drama of the scene, capturing the mid 19th