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Drawing, Wooded Vale, Jamaica, July 1865

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 graphite and white gouache 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

27.2 × 44.4 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, center left: yams / & fern; in graphite, lower center: Bamboo; in graphite, lower right: Jamaica July - 1865 -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Wooded Vale, Jamaica, July 1865; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 27.2 × 44.4 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-12-a

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