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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Study of Forest Interior, 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 oil and graphite on paperboard. 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

29.4 × 19.7 cm (11 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in brown and green oil, lower left, Jamaica / June 65; in graphite, verso lower right, Presented 1917 / by Mr. LP Church 348

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of Forest Interior, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 29.4 × 19.7 cm (11 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-355-a

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