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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, 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 graphite on grey-green wove paper. 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

27.3 × 44.3 cm (10 3/4 × 17 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in ink, at lower center: Lugt 457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: Cardamom - / leaves rich deep green edges often tipped / with orange brown. Many dead twisted leaves which / and dead stalks are a luminous straw brown / Jamaica June /65; in graphite, lower right: Arrow Root / Edges of leaves red maroon blending into / the green of the leaf. Stems red - ribs on the / upper side sharp lines of dark maroon red / leaf reflects sky in a positive manner / Jamaica June /65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on grey-green wove paper; 27.3 × 44.3 cm (10 3/4 × 17 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-8

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