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Drawing, Plain near Kingston, 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 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

14.7 × 28.4 cm (5 13/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower left, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: May 65; in graphite, matte lower center: Liguanea Plain, / just above Kingston

Cite this object as

Drawing, Plain near Kingston, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 14.7 × 28.4 cm (5 13/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-753-b

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