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Drawing, Tree Fern, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 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

12.9 x 17.7 cm (5 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil, lower right: Jamaica / Aug /65; in graphite; matte lower center: Tree Fern / fr. Blue Mtns.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Tree Fern, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; oil and graphite on paperboard; 12.9 x 17.7 cm (5 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-675-a

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