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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Nature Studies, Blue Mountains, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache 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

27.3 × 22.2 cm (10 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: 2 - pale yel / 3 - yel / 4 - 3 green lines / 5 - yel green / 6 - green / A / 3 3 / 2 2 / A 2 White / 3 - pale yel / 4 - yel salmon; in graphite, upper right: maroon red / red / grey; in graphite, center left: Bark reddish brown / with grey spots near root / all grey; in graphite, lower right: Jamaica / July /65 / [FEC monogram] FE FC

Cite this object as

Drawing, Nature Studies, Blue Mountains, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 27.3 × 22.2 cm (10 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-13

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