# Locust Blossoms, in 19th-century United States

Samuel Colman painted this (June 6, 1877), aged 45. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> Studies of locust blossoms in watercolor, center; below, studies in graphite of horse-chestnut leaves; above, studies in graphite of apple blossoms. Verso: sweet pea; marshmallow leaves.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: June 6, 1877
- Medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paper
- Dimensions: 39.8 × 28.5 cm (15 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1939-85-93
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Samuel Colman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/samuel-colman), American, 1832–1920

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