# Locust Blossoms, in The American Gilded Age

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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