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Drawing, Red Hills near Kingston, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil paint 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

23.4 × 36.5 cm (9 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil, lower right: F.E. CHURCH / Jamaica - 65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Red Hills near Kingston, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil paint and graphite on paperboard; 23.4 × 36.5 cm (9 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-385-a

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition MMA American Wing Frederic Church Oil Sketches.

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