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Drawing, Among the 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 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

19.9 × 27.9 cm (7 13/16 × 11 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in brown oil paint, lower right: Jamaica / July 65; in graphite, mat lower margin: Blue Mt. Peak (highest / point in Jamaica), left / mid-distance

Cite this object as

Drawing, Among the Blue Mountains, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 19.9 × 27.9 cm (7 13/16 × 11 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-680-a

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