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Drawing, Sunset Sketch, Jamaica
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May-August 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey-green wove 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.
Its dimensions are
18.6 × 27.1 cm (7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso upper right, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: 2 Illuminated glow laky yel / 3 - Rich suffusion of orange; in graphite, center left: green / Dazzling 3 3 / cloud / warmer / coolish purple / greenish masses / reflected in ridge; in graphite, center: grey / soft warm yel / 2 / Delicious hazy; in graphite, center right: gold / dark purple / 2; in graphite, lower center: greenish / mangoes with / green tops; in graphite, lower margin, in opposite direction: open sky / golden blue / 2 2 / 2 2 / 2 2 / 2 red orange glow / 4 / 4 3 4 / 3 warm mottled / 4 open / sky dusky; in graphite, verso upper left: watermelon / light / warm grey / rich orange / warm grey with yel / more purple / reddish glow
Cite this object as
Drawing, Sunset Sketch, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on grey-green wove paper; 18.6 × 27.1 cm (7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1267
