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Drawing, Parasite Vine and Palm Plant, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and goache on grey-green paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

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Its dimensions are

44.3 × 27.2 cm (17 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink: lower center, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: center left, Jamaica / June 1865; lower center, Dead leaves / caught among the leavelets

Cite this object as

Drawing, Parasite Vine and Palm Plant, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite and goache on grey-green paper; 44.3 × 27.2 cm (17 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-11-a

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