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Drawing, Cotton Tree, Jamaica

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

Its dimensions are

44.2 × 27.3 cm (17 3/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d; in black ink, verso lower center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: 13 ft diam; in graphite, center, chocolate mixed / green patches; lower left, green moss; in graphite, lower right, Cotton Tree / Jamaica - May /65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cotton Tree, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite and gouache on gray-green paper; 44.2 × 27.3 cm (17 3/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-339-c

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